What Do Socialist Democrats Stand For?

"Democrats STILL Unable to Separate From CRAZY LEFTISTS" 

Source:Yaron Brook with a look at U.S. Representative Alexandria O. Cortez (Democratic Socialist, Bronx, New York)

From Yaron Brook

As my colleague Rik Schneider said last week in response to Matt Lewis's column about the same issue that Yaron Brook was talking about on Sunday: 

"I think Matt Lewis made his point here when he said: "Meanwhile, the GOP — formerly the domain of Dockers dads, pious prudes and Young Republicans — pulled off the unthinkable. They became the chaos agents. The punk rockers. The party of middle fingers. The reversal has been astonishing." 

Whoever your "hipster hero" is, whether it's George Clooney, (if you are a Gen-Xer like myself and Matt Lewis) perhaps Brad Pitt for my generation... maybe Bruce Willis or Sam Jackson for the Boomers.. or whoever that person might be and from whatever generation, people who are "cool"... are just that. They don't have to tell people that, they don't have to act that way, because they just are. They're genuine articles when it comes to "coolness". 

I think especially in politics and government when someone tries to look or seem "cool'... to "go viral" on social media, they look like the 45-50 year old dad, who has 3 kids, who is bored with himself and his life, so he decides the way to "fix his life" is to:

grow a goatee, 

wear their heir back with an entire bottle of gel, everyday  

speaks exclusively in pop culture references and catch phrases

is always seen staring at his phone and with a coffee cup, etc... they don't look real. They look like someone who is suffering through a middle age, pop culture crisis. They look like they're trying to be something that they're not... 

From The New Democrat

And I'll respond to what Yaron Brook said as well and where I disagree with him. 

First of all, Democrats as a political party don't have to be popular to beat MAGA in 2026, especially in swing districts, or even states where the Republican Party nominates a MAGA person to run statewide in let's say Louisiana, or Georgia... maybe Senator Thom Tillis gets successfully primaried in North Carolina by a MAGA member. The Democrats, individually, just need to be more popular than whatever "Republican" that they're running against in that district or state, to win that election. 

When the party in power in unpopular, (like today) the opposition party generally just needs to convince the people that they're different and better than the people they're running against. And it doesn't take some bold legislative agenda to do that. All you need to do is convince the voters that you oppose the President and the party in power and that you represent the concerns and issues of the district or state, better than your opponent. 

And I agree with the point that both Matt Lewis and Rik Schneider were making. I think the left-wing of the Democratic Party, looks like a real-life, Hollywood political film, or "or reality TV show", where everyone else is trying to "out viral" the other person and use that to jumpstart whatever career that they want to have for themselves. 

But could you imagine if Socialists, even in the Democratic Party ever came to power in America? I mean their whole lifestyle, their culture, their way of life, is dependent and completely subsidized by the American capitalist and liberal democratic system. And most of them know that. Most of these folks are educated. Most of these folks make good livings for themselves, even millionaires. 

Representative Alexandria O. Cortez couldn't even afford to pay her own rent in Washington, when she moved here in 2019. Now she's worth $30 million dollars. That's what can happen to you become famous and have a large following of young hipsters, who think you are the coolest thing since skinny jeans and smartphones and you write a book or 2. 

So 1, I don't see Socialists ever coming to power in America, even if they're "Democrats". Because once people start thinking about what it would mean to have a socialist government in America, voters stop being impressed by all the hipster catch phrases and other fashion statements that these folks make and start thinking about how much a socialist government would cost them. 

And 2, the left-wing in America, when the rubber meets the road, when everyone is at the starting gate, when the 2 warriors meet in the ring, etc... when it's time to get down and do some business... they don't want a socialist government either, because that would destroy their way of life and ability to joy life and afford all the high-end things that consumes them. But it's cool to sound like a militant hipster, (especially with young people) who wants to "take down the man" and wipeout poverty, disease, bigotry, etc. But when it gets down to how you do those things and how you pay for them, not even Socialists are interested in doing that in America. 

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