The Last Gasp of Neoliberalism

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>From the ideological middle, which lauds pragmatism and pro-business politics but is largely incapable of turning this into a winning formula during elections, comes a newly re-branded venture called New Democracy.

>The organization, according to a press release, plans to broaden the appeal of the Democratic Party “geographically and demographically.”

>“New Democracy is a ‘home base’ and support network for pragmatic Democrats determined to make our party competitive in every part of America,” director of New Democracy, Will Marshall, contended. “Democrats don’t need to choose between center and left. We need to expand in all directions.”

>“Building a broad coalition is the Party’s best chance of rectifying today’s dangerous imbalance of political power and stopping the harmful” agenda advanced by President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

>Marshall’s organization is desperate to remain politically relevant in an era when the politics of a Democratic Socialist, Bernie Sanders, is the energy breathing new life and possibility into progressive politics. It is forcing Democrats, like the corporate Democrats aligned with this venture, to decide whether they are on the side of the people or industry when it comes to health care, wages, workers’ rights, the environment, education, and other issues of social justice.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/pro-business-pragmatic-democrats-launch-group/230724/

I'm no Bernout, but the neoliberal tears are fucking delicious.