What Centrist Democrats Mean by ‘Unity’

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2 points·georgeshi··4 comments

> Next time a centrist brings up unity in the face of criticism, let’s be careful to remember that word is nothing more than a distraction. They don’t mean any of it, unless it protects their own self serving, corrupt interests.

The article may have a point that centrists mean "unity on our terms". But when the, ah, "non-centrist" calls the centrists corrupt, well, the centrists might have difficulty finding unity with the non-centrists on the non-centrists' terms...

Unity means, "Sit down and shut up while we hand the Republicans another election by kowtowing to corporate interests and throwing workers under the bus."

Maybe so. But unity on the far-left terms means "Sit down and shut up while we hand the Republicans another election by proposing tons of free stuff that gives sticker shock to anyone who can do math."

What Democrats actually need is, first, to genuinely care about the working-to-middle class rather than just regard them as a pool of votes that they are entitled to receive, and second, to propose policies that the majority of people think will actually help. I don't see anyone, either centrist or not, who fits the bill.

IMO, there hasn't been a Democrat worth a damn since FDR, and there hasn't been a Republican worth a damn since Eisenhower. I'm already tired of the 2020 electoral farce. I'll vote straight Democrat no matter what because I prefer champagne socialists over fascists and dominionists, but my money is on the GOP to win unless the Democrats grow some backbones and learn how to beat the GOP at their own crooked game.

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