1/ When I was young and we were protesting the Vietnam war etc., there was a sense that the Democratic Party was the establishment arm of the counterculture.
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2/ Today, in too many cases that’s changed. When right wing populists do their thing, the Republican party embraces them. But when left wing populists do their thing, corporate Democrats say “We don’t know those people.”
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3/ That leaves too many people feeling they have no voice within the political system, and the Democratic Party frustrated that more people aren’t using electoral politics as a vehicle of change.
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4/ The Republican party has more elitist policies but an oddly more egalitarian relationship to its own constituency. The Democratic Party has more egalitarian policies but an oddly more elitist relationship to its own constituency. This needs to change.

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Excellent!
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I have given up on the Democrats. I am sorry, but I am just being honest. It is time, not for a third party, but for a new party altogether. A party of the people instead of money and war. I have given up on the Democrats.
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While fondly remembering the Vietnam era, please remember that the DEMS were almost guaranteed victory over corrupt Nixon, but the far left wing demanded a far left candidate and platform and George McGovern lost 48 states in the electoral college.
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This is not the time for purity tests or self-righteous stands by ANYONE let alone Democrats. A broad range of acceptance is needed not just for POC or LGBTQ but for fellow democrats. Also reaching across the aisle, not just in congress but in grocery stores.
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Really well said. We need to focus on reforms that affect both parties, get money out of politics and how politicians get elected, and reform our elections, national election day that everyone has off for e.g.
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The anger and negativity on this earth is an endless therapy session. Change is chipped at not forced that doesn’t work
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The difference between these policies is smaller than the gap in a mosquito's arse.
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You should've run as an independent. Maybe you still can @ArticlesOfUnity #Unity2020 articlesofunity.com
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Democratic Party: We'll take care of you, trust us. Republican Party: We can all take care of ourselves, don't trust anyone.
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