Democrats Need a New Awakening

Under the authoritarian regime in America today the worst thing you could be is WOKE. The second is to be an immigrant of color.

As I write there are millions of democrats who need to shake off the WOKE mantle imposed upon them by Trump, and to re-examine their message so they can attract all those voters who crossed the Rubicon and elected a felon and worldclass grifter.

What would constitute a new awakening for Democrats?

Well, let's see.

For starters, the Democratic Party needs to tone down the Abundance message (...just look at all the things we do have) and come down to earth and campaign as economic populists with an abundance message.

For example, it's often progressives who have led the fight against exclusionary zoning. But the abundance movement - its top proponents, the institutions behind them, and the interest groups that are pumping millions into standing them up - have generally presented abundance as in conflict with economic populism. 

If the Democratic Party learned anything in this disastrous last election it was their message fell on deaf ears for the majority of Americans. They failed to convince millions of voters that Democrats were the party of the people anymore.

Let's face it, winning elections is the most important thing we can do to turn this tide of fascism.

Progressive author, Aaron Regunberg recently wrote an article for Alternet titled The Best Path to Defeating Trumpism. 

In it the author argues, "if abundance isn't going to help Democrats defeat MAGA, then the abundance advocates - or at least the ones who care about ending Trumpism - should stop trying to "define the future of the Democratic Party."

"Let's leave that work to the Democrats who are trying to orient our party around a vision that voters actually do find compelling, Regunberg concluded.

As it Stands, one thing the author failed to address, Democrats have yet to find a charismatic leader to bring the new message.