Anonymous wrote:Aoc. Democratic socialism
Will replace the Democrat party
We don’t have the culture/concern for the well being of others in this country for Democratic Socialism to work. Plus, we’re just too big. It works in some European countries because their populations are a fraction of the US population and mostly one people with a shared history (plus as in Scandinavia, small immigrant populations).
And we’re still too Calvinist— “you deserve xyz because you work hard. And no, YOU over there don’t deserve a free bus ride a la Mamdani because I pay more in taxes and don’t feel like paying for those who don’t work/pay taxes or even go to school to ride the bus for free.
If we can’t agree on free bus fare, forget free tuition, free healthcare, free daycare, UBI…
Unless we can agree everyone deserves a free bus ride, Democratic Socialism will fail here.