Democrats must start being the opposition party now, and be bold, not focused on self-preservation.

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9. Relying on MAGAworld's failure is not a long term recipe for success by the Democratic Party.

I agree that acting like MAGA assholes isn't the solution, but we need a change in leadership and party priorities in my view. Too often, we have relied on the general notion that "our policies are better" while ignoring the fact that average wages for Americans have stagnated since the 1970s while productivity, stock values and income of the highest 1% have skyrocketed in comparison. Middle class families have significantly less income to live on today than they had in the 70s -- and too often, the income of two income families falls short of providing long term economic stability and security.

The Democratic Party needs to get serious about addressing the gross income inequality that exists between the top 1% and everyone else if it really wants to succeed. I'm not convinced that will or even can happen given the stranglehold that the wealthy now have on our federal government. I'm certainly not convinced that this Democratic Party has the ability take this on -- certainly not the current leadership.