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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was never an experiment. They have followed the overton window and are what I would call even slightly right of center as far as their governing but a lot of that has been american voters really. Go back to the seventies and you have a left of center but still center party with the republicans being right of center but still center enough to be called center. green is far left but democrats have never really been one. I do blame the superdelegates and I believe without them bernie would have won which would have changed things quite a bit. Not that the delegates specifically effected it with the votes but more in that it creates a larger inner circle that has an outsized effects on the campaigns. As long as republicans keep winning elections I don't see how the democrats could ever get away from just being better. They have to take into account that republicans are doing things that a fair amount of americans want again and again. Then to they have a lot of cleanup to keep a stable society going.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They have followed the overton window

They moved the Overton window...

Why do you think progressive policy polls so high across both parties but hasn't even been a topic in the general?

Or is this one of those "pills aren't real, everyone's halfway fascist!" Things?

Like, are you just willfully ignoring polling or have a strong opinion despite no access to the actual quantifiable reality?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

nope its the voters. We have an extreme right party that is able to capture more than a third of the electorate as a solid base. they have went way right and even though the other party is closer to what theirs used to be than they are now they still go with what they are now. its the voters going right. republicans should not be able to be elected dog catcher with as extreme as they are now. The dem establishment is just moving with the populace. its funny to me that you think the dems are moving people right.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The guy you're talking to will do the craziest mental gymnastics to say Biden bad.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That's because they want Republicans to win. Their behavior during the entire last year is pretty fucking indicative of that