Thread:Charlemagne255/@comment-3180503-20161104023625/@comment-27654876-20161127022757

Centrism will always fail because it doesn't help either side. While there was a reaction to the rise of identity politics in America, especially from White America and that was definitely a big part for why the Democrats lost, the Democratic party got stuck with a feeling of elitism. The people in middle america were feeling forgotten and ignored, and they mobilized and Hillary's campaign did nothing to make them feel like the democrats, who were basically reduced to centrists during Obama's campaign sat and let middle America and the South decay into nothingness. Cooldog is absolutely right, the Democrats rested on their laurels that America wouldn't let someone so radical into their office and they completely undermined the obvious populist candidate who would have gotten that support that Hillary never would have received. Divisions were already created, and they worked. During Obama's administration Democrats were far too focused on appeasing the Right and weren't focused enough on working to get things done despite them.

Also, this election showed that as long as enough in the majority mobilize, they will vote for them and them alone. People on the right will say "I'm not racist, I was voting for me and my family." Which seems reasonable until they have to come face to face with the consequences of what their vote can do and then they do nothing about it. Not thinking about those who are disenfranchised is still a form of oppression. And when those people who "don't see color" also do nothing when they see someone be harrassed because it isn't their problem. We have to fight, otherwise we will always lose.