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This viewpoint is often touted by those on the political left but has no evidentiary basis that I've seen, certainly. At most the democratic party has a strong
by tacitusarc 6y ago
This viewpoint is often touted by those on the political left but has no evidentiary basis that I've seen, certainly. At most the democratic party has a strong tendency of allowing its most fringe members an out-sized voice in the interest of inclusion, which only pushes away its much larger moderate base. Perhaps the form of "compromise" you are referring to is just the more extreme viewpoints being filtered out as actual reasonable policy proposals are formed.
EDIT: Which, by the way, also happens in the Republican party. See, for instance, the repeal vs replace movement and how those went nowhere.
- marricks 6y agoWell the success of the uncompromising tea party in taking over the Republican Party and leading the way to Trump seems pretty obvious. I’m not sure how anyone who follows Democrats wouldn’t see the constant compromises unless they’re center or center right. Pelosi has control of the House but refuses to pass extremely popular ideas like pay check guarantees or cash per month for everyone, or rent cancellation etc. It could setup a showdown in the senate where republicans have to vote down very popular ideas, but she refuses. That’s just a recent example, it happens continuously...