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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper
It's demonstrably not true though. I wish the dems had lurched to the left, but they're the same old centrist no ideas party, beyond protecting corporate interests. Meanwhile republicans tried a coup, have gone even harder for corporate interests, they're banning books, attempting a state and parents lead education system, are banning abortion, have redrawn maps to make it harder for anyone other than them to actually win elections, have taken control of the electoral mechanisms at the state level to make sure that no one can become president without their say so.
It's just a complete myth. About 5 dems want to increase tax on billionaires, that's it - that's the crazy leftist agenda at work.
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I agree that the dems have not lurched to the left, it's more accurate to say that the left has moved further left. Well, no, actually it's MOST accurate to say that the extreme elements at both ends, that have always existed, have gained the illusion of increased scale because of Loud Internet Voices... and that's causing political issues because many decision makers don't seem to realise the illusion.
As always Slim there's little point talking about taxation etc, this is more about the sociological and ideological "left" than the economic left. The moderate and extreme left haven't diverged much on economics at all. In fact there are elements of what would be considered the sociological left who lean quite clearly to the right of moderate lefties economically. Hyperindividualism doesn't lend itself well to actual economic socialism.