And the Republicans were the party of Lincoln. They have changed totally and hugely for the worse. Andrew Jackson was an aggressive, authoritarian libertarian, and never really a Democrat in the true sense of the word. As a proud Democrat, I am happy to renounce him and his early influence on the party Jackson was much more similar to the extreme nationalistic and libertarian right of today.

Nothing new here, just confirmation of everything I already knew in my bones about how the nomination was rigged and that even Bernie was complicit this time in handing the nomination to Biden. The whole nominating process is a charade these days and I will never participate again in a Dem caucus. Next time it will be AOC playing Bernie's role as the fake progressive challenger to whoever the party leaders have already selected, most likely Harris.

Capitalism demands markets to exploit to sustain the level of profits necessary to attract investment. Tech advances combined with egalitarian measures dry those markets up. The 2 areas are mutually antagonistic. Thus, you either choose the slower growth of smaller civilizations or the advanced growth with more "casualties" ... OR ... you agree to a hybrid with checks on either side. But to agree with the hybrid requires acknowledging the necessity of BOTH sides and not a domination of either. Taking away the voting power and sovereignty of the individual through Citizens United and all this suppression legislation is an indicator that advanced growth has become too powerful.