For years I was always frustrated that the Democrats were labeled “progressives “ and Republicans labeled “conservatives” because progressive sounded better, like you were moving forward or you know, progressing. Who wouldn’t want to progress.
It was only after reading George Will‘s book, The Conservative Sensibility, that I learned about the start of the progressive movement which was a socialistic movement that believed that the Administrative State (Government) staffed with the elites was more capable of making decisions rather than individuals. It became pervasive under President Wilson and his policies.
Conservatives, on the other hand, wanted to maintain the country as originally founded based on limiting the role and size of government and relying on the individual’s natural rights.
Given the real definitions of these labels, I had no problem being a Conservative Republican BUT still resented that we didn’t have a better name.
Then came Trump. I was never a fan of Trump and found him intellectually lazy, bombastic, inarticulate, narcissistic, lacking gravitas and poorly spoken. However, I greatly preferred conservative policies over Democrat policies and was forced to hold my nose and vote for him. And I had no problem with the slogan make America great again, MAGA.
Unfortunately, as the first epidemic to hit the US after Trump, TDS, the Democrats and the mainstream media were able to take all of Trump’s flaws and faults, and label them as MAGA.
So today, it’s obvious from the focus groups the Democrats have run, that labeling Republicans as MAGA Republicans helps the Democratic effort to get votes and hurts theRepublican efforts to get votes.
So, what should we label the Democrats. I think the perfect label is Neo-Marxist Democrats. This is actually a perfectly accurate label as it encompasses their economic, government, organization, and social policies.
And besides, nobody likes Marxists, except other Marxists.
