General Discussion

The obstacle hasn't been a lack of Democratic will, but the reality of congressional math and fierce conservative opposition.

Look at the actual record of what Democrats fought for and passed:

The Right to Medical Care: Democrats passed Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, and the ACA in 2010. Every single effort was met with total Republican resistance.

The Right to Education: Democrats passed the Higher Education Act, created Pell Grants, and are currently fighting for student debt relief and universal pre-K.

The Right to Social Security: Democrats created it, expanded it, and have successfully blocked every Republican attempt to privatize or cut it.

The Right to a Useful Job & Fair Wages: Democrats consistently champion minimum wage increases, card-check for unions, and historic manufacturing and jobs legislation like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

I'm sorry... but I have to call out how wrong it is to frame this as 'Democrats ignoring it'. We're NOT... we're working toward it... continually. Pretending otherwise lets the political opposition completely off the hook.

Democrats haven't achieved the full vision because we rarely hold the filibuster-proof majorities needed to overcome right-wing obstruction.

If we want to "run with it" now, the solution is electing more and better Democrats, not blaming the only party that has ever tried to build it.