• HalfSalesman@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Democrats are a political party, one that hasn’t had a consistent ideological set of beliefs throughout its own existence. For that matter neither has the republican party.

    They are not “by definition” pro capitalism.

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Well, they’ve always been capitalist. There’s never been a time when they weren’t capitalist. So… odd argument to make.

      • HalfSalesman@lemmy.world
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        20 hours ago

        You and @Space_Cowboy92 don’t seem to have the best reading comprehension.

        I was refuting that democrats are “by definition” pro capitalist. Not whether the party leadership always had an explicit pro capitalist agenda. Those are different things.

        Now, I did say their ideology has changed, which is also true. I said that to support my argument, but it was not the point I was making in of itself.

        Weaseling in a word that indicates an immutable and intrinsic trait to something that is not immutable in that way and then subtly backpedaling to a different stance is slimy.

        • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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          19 hours ago

          Yes, in theory, if we remove all the current leadership, the Democrats could not be capitalist.

          And, given how US election law is written, which has carve outs for the Dems all over the place to avoid 3rd parties, that is what is needed.

          But the Democrats as they now and in all times past have been are capitalist.

    • Space_Cowboy92@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      They 1000% are pro capitalism in the United States. You’re eithe fucking stupid, or not a citizen of the USA to think democrats are not pro capitalism.