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I think you're right. There's another thing, too, where the opposition is unable to provide a coherence that speaks to the pervasive sense of 'wrong' and provid

I think you're right. There's another thing, too, where the opposition is unable to provide a coherence that speaks to the pervasive sense of 'wrong' and provide stability in identity that you mention. Indeed, their idea of being coherent is not only maintaining the status quo that enables those two things, but doubling down. When challenged, they nest in the politics that the Republicans once espoused and have left behind, than realizing that there's a reason those messages and values have shifted by the maga right's successes. It should come as no wonder then that they lose ground year after year from desperate people looking for comfort from the political class.

modo_mario 2y ago
I feel like the dems in the US (and many like them elsewhere in current times) struggle with purity politics whereby they either ditch those who could provide them vital support in their quest for purity on some fronts and espouse a pure stance on other fronts but drastically undermine that image. It's hard to be the party that is aligned with opposing large capital in the public consciousness whilst at the same time bending over and pushing these purists out of the way for donations from said wealth. A party with a subset of oppose police or wants to see it's role redefined with a kamala as a frontrunner. A party that on occasion tries to make itself seen as having the stance and solution regarding things like housing but then not adequately doing so where they have an uncontested stronghold. etc,etc