FDR Democrats work unapologetically and unabashedly to support the working people of the United States. But we are only part of the Democratic Party today, as the corporatist wing of the party is all for making people feel better - but only so far as it doesn’t challenge profit maximization for their major corporate donors. Wall Street clearly still owns both major parties - and while the Republicans are definitely much worse, that cannot remain our excuse forever. The point should not be to help people *survive* an unjust system; it should be to *end* an unjust system. In the richest country in the world, the economy shouldn't be so hard for the average American to survive. We need more than the alleviation of stress; we need fundamental economic reform. That is the agenda that will beat the Republicans in 2024.
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Will you primary @POTUS ? Or run 3rd party? America needs more than a duopoly in identity politics. A 3rd party with 2 women on the ticket would be buzz worthy!
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Love the economic ideas, but hated his use of racism that doesn't get recognized; reefer madness etc etc
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Bring Glass-Steagall back now!!!
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Upward mobility was the engine of the American dream - If you worked hard, the sky was the limit - “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the wealth of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little” … FDR
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Go visit Ohio ✌️🇺🇸
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FDR was middle-of-the-road 'Policy from the first was not to compete with private business,' New Dealers banned construction projects that might take biz away from private contractors The left attacked work programs as hypocritical reforms intended to save capitalism, not workers
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Yes he would... Social Democracy is the tool that makes the full benefits of capitalism work for everyone rather than for the very few. FDR was a social democrat not a socialist. Bernie Sanders himself is a post "New Deal" social democrat.
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It's really good coffee though. I don't want to spit it out.
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If coffee wasn't so damn EXPENSIVE! :)