I’m not debating the the Democratic Party has moved to the right over the past decade. However, (a) I wouldn’t call the Democrats Progressive, and they never really have been. There is a fringe of the party that is progressive, but they’ve never been the majority or leadership. And (b) both progressives and the Democratic Party are still to the left of George W Bush on most issues. He campaigned on a same-sex marriage constitutional amendment. He was a climate denier. He fabricated evidence of WMDs in Iraq in order to start his second of what would become decades-long wars. He opened Gitmo. He institutionalized a torture program as policy. None of that is anywhere close to what progressives are pushing for now.
I guess my main question to you is this: who are you defining as ‘progressives’?
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
While the American Left has been shifting right for the past few decades, were you even around during W. Bush’s presidency? Progressive today want exactly what W. Bush campaigned against - proper climate policies and social / welfare safety nets.
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I was born during Nixon. Democrats talk about climate change while doing nothing to mitigate it. Biden’s proxy wars in Ukraine and Gaza has been a huge contribution to future climate issues. The material conditions of the marginalized still suck when a Dem is in office. They don’t care about them either.
yyyesss@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“Biden’s proxy wars” thanks for the warning that you’re absolutely full of shit
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I love when p people let us know in advance to block
Battle_Masker@lemmy.world 1 week ago
in their defense, it’s hard to do anything about climate change when you have anywhere between 60 and 260 people fighting tooth and nail to stop you from doing anything about it
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Even their fake efforts had no teeth