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Wealth taxes, free college, universal healthcare, universal basic income. All things unthinkable for a politician to platform on 20 years ago. Ok, four major l

• Can_Not 6y ago
  Those are things the base are demanding, but the party itself is rejecting. Or by "four" did you mean people in congress instead of four issues? Because it's more accurate to say about four fringe democrats are pushing those policies than to say the democrat party is endorsing those policies.
  • nwienert 6y ago
    You’re exaggerating so much it’s just lying. The party is adopting them slowly and surely. Tell me Bernie didn’t win a significant portion of the vote and all the early primaries twice now? Joe Biden doesn’t support universal healthcare and very high taxes including a huge raise on capital gains, he doesn’t have a running mate who calls for reparations? He hasn’t totally changed on policing? Elizabeth Warren is suddenly a minor player in the party when her and Bernie combined had a significant chunk of the debate time and raise as much money as anyone? When it’s convenient for your argument you suddenly claim they are minor, when they aren’t. And yes all those positions are a big move left for American politics. And I’m just sticking with the economic issues, socially we’ve moved much further left. The general position that we’ve moved right is laughable, I’m still waiting on examples.