Punch Back?

Interesting article in the Nation by Dave Zirin, “Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch:  Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.”

I am not sure I agree with all of it. Zirin is, I think, too hard on Biden and Obama. But he does make an interesting point: to wit, that the Democratic party establishment has been far more ruthless with progressive fellow Democrats than with Trump, MAGA, and the Right in general. It played harder ball with Bernie, for instance, that it has so far with Musk.

He argues that there are a number of reasons for this, but perhaps most of all it is because on some level the Democrats support and identify with the wealthy and the powerful who now control the GOP. They would, perhaps, cheerfully support the Techbros and the billionaires if only they were donating to Blue rather than Red candidates.

As I say, I don’t know if I agree with that. But it is something to think about. And, whether his thesis is right or wrong, Zirin is definitely correct when he suggests that Democrats need to start fighting back. And that we need to do it now.

Or we may never have a chance to do so ever again.