Incidentally, for the past 20 years I've been writing about the DLC and its offshoots and where their Republican-like policies were taking us, and how the solution was that Democratic voters had to get involved in their local Democratic parties, get active politically and take back control of the party from the DLC.
It's too late for that now.
For the past 35 years I've been writing about how after the Vietnam War ended and Richard Nixon resigned from office, the left packed up their protest signs and went back to pursue happiness in the suburbs while conservatives went into government positions and rightwing think tanks and founded the Federalist Society and organized bible-thumping Christians into a reliably Republican voting bloc. It's no wonder that in a void, with no pushback, conservatives gained so much ground.
Like marriage, a healthy people-centered, 'for the Common Good' democratic republic takes commitment and constant work.
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