Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

Summary

Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.

Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.

The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.

A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.

Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.

  • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Where I live, it has looked the same for the last 18 years of my life. Most of the changes are from state laws, even then it’s hard to get the companies to respect them without threat of a legal action I can’t do from being broke.

    Dems handled this election so poorly it’s barely believable. I genuinely don’t know if they’re actually opposition. They seem like they’re on the same team as the other guys from where I’m sitting.

    Have been since at least 2016.