The problem of the Democratic Party is its pointless, sterile anti-Trumpism.
I mean...admit it: if another candidate, let's say, Ramaswamy or Cruz had become president, there wouldn't have been such a reaction from the dems.
On the contrary, I believe democrat voters are all in good faith. The problem is an elitist cabal of warmongers who imposes a diabolical agenda on the Democratic Party. The voters are not to blame...because they have no idea of how serious it is.
And there is not just one among the dems cupola. They are many.
On the contrary...it seems to me that with this thread, you wanna blame the voters? Wondering whether they are stupid or evil?
There is a lot to unpack with this election, but I think the take-home lesson is that it didn't matter who was going to win in the end; both candidates have something to offer to the Establishment.
Harris has the liberal social views of wealthy New York/West Coast elites; and now that Ukraine is more or less a lost cause, Trump did a 180 from being non-interventionist and will throw his weight behind Israel 110%. Of course, Harris would have done the same, but it's very conceivable that Americans would have gotten tired of that had the Democrats still been in power. By convincing the American public that support for Israel is somehow a partisan issue - they can breathe new life for support to Israel.
For all the differences they claim to have on culture wars, identity politics, and so on the parties have common interests—especially business power, military interests, and foreign policy. They're outfits cut from the same cloth; not necessarily a clash of ideologies but rather a mutual competition in the same political space.
Let's say for a moment that the Democrats’ strategy this year seemed to hinge on one thing: They weren’t Republicans. But this would only apply to those more concerned with domestic issues than foreign policy. Democrats have portrayed themselves as anti-Trump, but that opposition has not translated into meaningful reform. The party level facilitates identity politics of blacks, gays, and so on while for Republicans it's the "dwindling white majority".
Superficially, Trump’s rise was, from the layman's view, a political response to the failure of neoliberalism. Despite its many flaws, the anti-establishment campaign appealed to voters alienated from both parties. On the other hand, one must be blind not to see the deeply consistent with the consensus of the major parties that have governed America for decades.
The biggest shift since the election came after Nov. 7. The deep-seated animosity that has fueled political discourse for years has been dissolved, leaving many of Trump’s critics “willing to move on”. Maybe not within the Party Core of Democrats, but many of the corporate funders who felt the party did not support Israel enough during the Gaza crisis. Some believe a Republican government under Trump would align with their interests, especially on military and foreign policy issues.
A good example of this shift is Jacob Hellberg, a former Democrat who endorsed Pete Buttigieg and participated in a smear campaign on TikTok. Helberg, who has close ties to military intelligence companies like Planter Technologies, is frustrated with the direction of the Democratic Party. This contrasts with a broader group of positional individuals, regardless of party affiliation, who seek to maintain the status quo where military might, corporate profits, and global influence are at the forefront.
