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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is a Big Tent [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)There are issues such as reversing Citizen's United, that the corporatist moderates that make up the KOCH BROTHERS FUNDED DLC component of the Democratic Party, that many independents and Republicans also want as a REAL "moderate" position that many on all sides of the political fence can get behind. It is those kind of issues that would get "moderate" support from most Americans that are avoided by "moderate" politicians in the DLC, etc. because they work against the interests of the corporatist leadership of that group that are more about serving the 1% elites as most of the Republicans do.
So much of the divisiveness is on social issues that the DLC and the 1% serving corporatists elevate discussion on through their own positions as well as the corporatist owned media that they control now in a way that they haven't in the past, to make it sound like this is the horse race and their so-called "moderates" that serve corporate interests are what we should have to win these ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRUCTED battles.
That doesn't mean I don't have concerns in these areas on social issues that need thoughtful discussion and REAL moderate perspectives. But many of us should not lose sight that we are being USED to pay only attention to these issues to allow the 1% to "buy the field" of the two party system. That is why the corporatists in charge of both parties don't want things like instant runoff voting, public campaign financing, getting rid of voting machines, etc. that would provide the populace more ability to rip out these so-called "moderate" controls of both of our parties that basically keep the corporate sector in charge and have our government corrupting itself more and more on its way to throwing out democracy for fascism later.