Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

nashville_brook

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5. i found it -- Will Marshall on why Democrats need to cut Social Security

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:48 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/democratic-party-moderates-111770.html#.VbzbuEInRU5

Many liberals, for example, are just as theologically opposed to modernizing entitlements as conservatives are to raising taxes. The result of this demagogic stance is anything but progressive. It means Washington will continue to direct a growing share of the country’s resources to seniors while starving investment in children and families and future growth.

As I was trying to make sense of his argument, i realized that the word "demagogue" doesn't mean what we think it means. We associate the word with intellectual dishonesty + position of power, but that's not at all what it means.

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Populist or demagogue? [View all] merrily Aug 2015 OP

i did the same definition comparison a week ago! nashville_brook Aug 2015 #1

Was that broad brush hit posted on DU? I recall one of those in the not too distant past. merrily Aug 2015 #2

it might have been...i was writing a column and something set me on that nashville_brook Aug 2015 #3

This, perhaps? I found it entertaining (among other things). merrily Aug 2015 #4

i found it -- Will Marshall on why Democrats need to cut Social Security nashville_brook Aug 2015 #5

omg, that thread is a sh*t show! so glad i didn't see it. nashville_brook Aug 2015 #6

I thought there were several winners. Rex, Erich Bloodaxe, romanic, to name a few. nt merrily Aug 2015 #7