Two historians have said that the Democratic Party was wrong to overlook Bernie Sanders' policies for working class people.

Summary

Historians suggest Democrats might have fared better against Donald Trump by embracing the economic issues championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long pushed for a focus on “bread-and-butter” concerns for working-class voters.

Despite Kamala Harris’s progressive policies, polls showed Trump was favored on economic issues, particularly among working-class and Hispanic voters.

Historian Leah Wright Rigueur argued that Sanders’ messaging on economic struggles could be key for future Democratic strategies.

Sanders himself criticized the party for “abandoning” the working class, which he said has led to a loss of support across racial lines.

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml
    364·
    13 days ago

    The screams of “Dems need to move right” (not from Bernie, obv) are fucking clown shoes and hilarious. She was running around with Liz and Dick Motherfucking Cheney. There’s no more right to move to without literally just embracing Trump.

    But here’s the thing: libs keep cutting their noses off. Why would the actual left give the DNC the fucking time of day? They raise a billion fucking dollars, light it all on fire and go out to brunch. They co-opt movements like the Floyd uprising and metoo but leave everyone else to do the actual work. When we need bodies in the streets, when we need material support, when we fucking TELL THEM WHAT POLICIES WILL WORK FOR US, they spout some 1950s realpolitik bullshit and have some more wine.

    Biden: you’re immune. Have some fun with it. Show us you have skin I the game. $100 says he keeps up this “when they go low we go high” bullshit and does somewhere between nothing and the bare minimum.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      13 days ago

      Biden: you’re immune. Have some fun with it. Show us you have skin I the game

      You may not remember, but it’s only been a few months since Biden said he “wouldn’t really care if trump won as long as he tried his best”.

      He literally doesn’t have any skin in the game, the party leaders don’t really give a fuck.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      13 days ago

      They raise a billion fucking dollars, light it all on fire and go out to brunch.

      This is the most infuriating part, and it made me happy I kept replying STOP to all their fucking “ZOMG 10X MATCHING” texts. They blew all that money and their political consultant cronies made out like bandits. They outraised and outspent Trump and have fuck all to show for it.

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      13 days ago

      I mean, why would the DNC give he left the time of day?

      Passed biggest climate bill, forgave most student loans in history, rescheduled weed, etc. And yet? It’s never good enough nor enough to give them a chance to do more.

      All with a threadbare Senate majority with two “independent” dems and only two years of a house majority.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        rescheduled weed

        They did not reschedule weed. It’s still Schedule I. Crime Bill Biden ran out the clock like he always intended to.

        EDIT: Downvoting it doesn’t magically pull cannabis out of Schedule I.