A more true ideological spectrum for Delaware Democrats
There is a lot of evidence supporting Thomas Piketty’s observation that the real split in American society is not a Left/Right 50-50 split, but more like a 99-1 split between Very Rich People (VRP) and Everyone Else (EE).
Given that, let’s imagine that we can dispose with most of what passes for political discourse by observing that the VRP has been very good at manufacturing a fabric of false narratives about left v right – all of it intended to distract from the actual 99-1 split.
Now that the scales have fallen from our eyes, let’s further imagine that we can put all of the elected Democrats in Delaware on a more true ideological spectrum from 0 to 5. Zero being 100% VRP, and 5 being 100% EE.
It is fairly simple to get started.
Carper is a hard 0. He is brazenly and proudly a member of the VRP, as is Chris Coons. Carper’s primary opponent, Kerri Harris, is a solid 5, clearly in the Everyone Else (EE) camp.
Are there any other solid 5’s in Delaware? The only elected I can think of is Kowalko who holds more EE positions that any other elected’s . Matt Denn, and Sean Lynn also strike me as a members of the EE party.
Help me out. Who among the current crop of challengers sounds like they are with Everyone Else?
You have far more in common with a homeless person than a Hedge Fund CEO.
That’s precisely why they vote with the CEOs. It gives them the illusion of being on that team. They’re like sports fans who refer to their team as “we.”
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires” -John Steinbeck
Milford just had a mayoral election featuring an EE vs. a VRP. The EE won. Could the 2018 wave be more about the divide you describe than red or blue? It is an interesting lens through which to view unfolding events.
That’s true. But I think what is new is the prevailing view of Democratic Party as being fully and transparently complicit in the fraud.
@Jason. The flashpoint issue seems to be people of color in the wrong neighborhood. It was the stated excuse for shooting Trayvon Martin, it was cited as the predicate incident inciting the policeman to shoot the man in the car in front of his girlfriend and her child. It seems that if you’re black and you are in a white neighborhood your chances of dying go up exponentially if you are perceived as being out of place. This is greatly troubling to me that the police have some kind of directive nationwide for keeping black people out of white neighborhoods. And the consequences are deadly.
Well, no shit. It is a huge and disgusting injustice, but that injustice is fed into a media machine that manufactures the fabric of false narrative I mention above.
The salient point isn’t race, it is using race to distract “both sides” from the underlying economics of the injustice.
I agree that the class/wealth divide is the best approach to these elections. (99 percent should give us a winner!) I don’t think you’d have to go socialist to address the issue effectively.
Did you get rid of your “share” button? I can’t find it and have been wanting to share posts on my social media like this one from DE Liberal for a few weeks and haven’t seen the button.
Nancy – I’m going to try and get it back. THanks for copying the link for now!
I would suggest that Rep. Kim Williams has proven to be a solid 5
Rep. John Kowalko
Thanks John. And thanks for looking out for the EE.
Bryan Townsend
Matt Meyer
JJ Johnson
Margaret Rose Henry
Chris Johnson is a solid 5. Once you talk with him, you’ll agree.
I agree wholeheartedly Jason! Add Kim Williams, JJ Johnson and Margaret Rose Henry to top of list. There was a time Harris would fit the bill, but was decades ago. Delaware must be the most corrupt banking, financial state in the US. Meyer and Townsend are questionable…playing both sides the Delaware Way. When we get sick of being played…we can elect real progressive and an agenda meeting the needs of the middle class and poor…or just keep bumbling along, generation after generation. Challenging would be a helluva fight, hope I am still on this earth to see it.
El Som… I was quite bummed not to meet him in Arden. Serendipitously, I was invited to a meet and greet next week at one of my neighbors.
I had to shoe away canvassers from one of Johnson’s opponents Saturday. I said, “this is a Johnson house…”
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