Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

Summary

Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.

Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.

The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.

A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.

Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.

  • pyre@lemmy.world
    97·
    6 hours ago

    yeah the party of insider trading will definitely be the workers’ party if you wish it hard enough.

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          15·
          3 hours ago

          Assuming they spent every dollar her husband made in his life while being an investment banker, and just put her wages in, using 10% average growth (10 year average is over that for the Stock market).

          She is below average for the market. She’d be worth about 210 million. But she’s way lower than that in real life.

          When you can deposit $174,000 to income annually into the market… You arent playing the same struggles that we are.

          Her money would very likely check out, you have to remember she’s been in office for 48 years. That’s a long fucking time. She was at JFK’s inauguration as a 20 year old student studying to become a Congress member.

          I don’t think she’s a good person, but when people accuse her I think they overlook how long she’s worked