cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21778444

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.

  • davel [he/him]
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    2018 days ago

    It is difficult to get a campaign strategist to understand something when their grift career path depends upon them not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair, probably

  • @hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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    4318 days ago

    No shit.

    Thanks, DNC and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Took an incredible upwelling of enthusiasm, energy, and grassroots engagement, and completely squandered it by nominating Hillary instead.

    It still pisses me off. It should be the end of President Sanders’ second term.

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    418 days ago

    I’ve been saying the same thing for like a decade now, but it’s not like the DNC actually cares.

  • queermunist she/her
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    4218 days ago

    This assumes that Democrats want to win at any cost. Listening to Sanders is a bridge too far.

    Democrats would rather lose than do even the most tepid social democratic reformism.

    • cosecantphi [he/him]
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      1018 days ago

      It sucks to realize in hindsight, but if Bernie had won the 2016 primary he would have been thoroughly ratfucked as a matter of bipartisan consensus. The Democrats would have sabotaged his national campaign at every step, probably even going as far as to have a few high profile Democrats endorse a third party candidate to make sure Bernie loses.

        • Dragon Rider (drag)
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          418 days ago

          Allowing someone to be killed through deliberate inaction is the same as killing them. You’re responsible for the actions you chose not to take.

          • @Didros@beehaw.org
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            518 days ago

            You’ve killed thousands if that is true. You could have said something to prevent a suicide, you could have spared a dollar to save a homeless person who froze that night. You are a mass murderer if you really think that. It’s a sad way to live.

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      18 days ago

      Every single day Marx and Lenin continue to be vindicated. Try as liberals and progressives might, as time passes their analysis only gains more evidence supporting it. That’s why I keep an intro to Marxism reading list on hand if people want so I can link it whenever.