Something I have always said about low wage workers

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15. The MAGA version portrays Democrats as socialists determined to enslave

everyone and keep them poor and helpless.



Foolish demonizing isn't just wrong, it destroys credibility and support. When it comes from some identifying as Democrats, it undermines support for the liberal Democratic Party among the wobbly voters we need.

We lost our large house majority and now control of the house entirely when the RW was able to equate the Democratic Party with offensively foolish and even scary far-left noise.

Here's a basic truth: It's not the job of capitalism to distribute the wealth it produces equitably (nor can socialized means of production do it either). Claiming it fails is like calling a can opener corrupt for not buttering toast.

Distributing the vast wealth produced by capitalism is the job of those we put in government to serve us. OUR job actually. Our government is constructed to enable We the People to do our job by, among other things we can do, putting a regulatory leash on business and using government to distribute the wealth WE create.