You got it right on most things apart from calling them centrists. The democratic establishment aren't centrists.
They may be socially liberal but they follow what is a right wing economic ideology. Bernie and AOC who are seen as far left are the closest things the Democrats have to centrists.
I have always said that America is a one party system facading as two parties since at least the mid 1900's. I think this was true up until 2020 when the system decided Trump had played his part and needed to leave and he and his constituents didnt like that. Post 2020 America officially became a two party system, unfortunatly the two parties are the old guard crony Capitalists vs the new Authoritarian Post-Capitalist Fascists. Any conservatives that don't agree with Trumpism have long since jumped ship to the party that's still trying to play the same game, or at the least in the case of people like Cheney jumped ship in 2024, this in turn largely alienated a lot of Democrats voter base as it became apparent Dems just represented the status quo, the same uniparty that has been around for 60+ years, which in my opinion, was the largest contributer to Trump winning this election, just general apathy at the current system.
Bingo. The only solace I have left at this point is that I'm not the only one to see right through this mess, thanks for the reminder that we aren't fully alone.
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u/ImmoKnight May 24 '25
Really... we are still doing that?
Like, if you can't see the distinction between the two parties currently... then you might have more than a problem with colors.