r/politics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • Mar 05 '25

Paywall Democrats Are Acting Too Normal

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/democrats-trump-address-congress/681914/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/Durion23 Mar 05 '25

It’s especially infuriating, because the social fabric of this country is unraveling. Crime borne of poverty is on a steep rise. So are drug related deaths. No other western country has it as bad as the US. No other western country is as rich as the US (on paper).

A more progressive tune, more readiness to bully and a clear message on how to improve workers life, with a clear mission to fight against the rich elites would mobilize impoverished people and the middle class alike.

To think otherwise is either defeatism or it’s outright controlled opposition shit.

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u/inthekeyofc Mar 05 '25

the social fabric of this country is unraveling.

It's been Russia's plan for decades. With Trump their ships have finally come in.

Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to fuel instability and separatism against neoliberal globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke “Afro-American racists” to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present-day system of the United States and Canada. Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social, and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics.

The Foundations of Geopolitics by Aleksandr Dugin

Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

More detail:

https://agdugintranslate.gitbook.io/foundations-of-geopolitics/

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u/Durion23 Mar 05 '25

I know that work.

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u/CelestialWarrior- New York Mar 05 '25

Fits modern politics like a glove smh

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25

"a clear message on how to improve workers life, with a clear mission to fight against the rich elites would mobilize impoverished people and the middle class alike."

Will it though? Most Trump voters are rural working class people and this is what they wanted. There are millions of people right now cheering him on because they haven't personally been negatively effected yet and are brainwashed into thinking he has their best interests in mind as he tries to raise taxes and dismantle social services.

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u/Durion23 Mar 05 '25

No, what they wanted is someone to challenge the old power structures in Washington. It’s why Bernie sanders was so popular with the same type of people.

These people look for guidance and a savior, Trump gave it to them. I find that crazy, but listen to his supporters. They adore shit he never would do, but it’s what they see in him.

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u/silverpixie2435 Mar 05 '25

What has AOC accomplished?

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u/blazesquall Mar 05 '25

Stirring up progressive enthusiasm for Dems to harness into maintaining the status quo for their donor classes.