A sharp and comprehensive critique of the Democratic Party’s transformation since the election of Barack Obama in 2008. It argues that the party’s increasing alignment with elite, globalist, and identity-based ideologies has alienated the American middle class—once its core constituency. Through vivid examples and biting commentary, the author suggests that Democratic policies on immigration, race, crime, gender, climate, and education have become incoherent, elitist, and deeply unpopular, even among traditional Democratic voters.
The author traces how the party shifted from a Clinton-era platform of centrism and working-class advocacy to a radicalized agenda dominated by DEI ideology, climate alarmism, and a disdain for traditional American values and institutions. Key failures include the open-border immigration stance, the embrace of transgender ideology in sports and education, the vilification of law enforcement, and the ideological corruption of universities. These, the author contends, are not just policy errors but signs of a self-destructive addiction to “woke” dogma.
The overall tone is polemical, but the essay is grounded in recent polling data, historical comparisons, and well-articulated logical arguments. It paints the Democratic Party not as evolving, but as unraveling—dragged down by its own contradictions, elite hypocrisy, and a chronic disregard for the very constituencies it claims to represent.
Democrats Abandoned the Middle Class: Once the party of the working and middle classes, Democrats have become the party of elites, coastal professionals, and the subsidized poor.
Poll Collapse: Recent polls from Quinnipiac and the Wall Street Journal reflect historically low approval and favorability for the Democratic Party, driven by middle-class disillusionment.
Rise of the Globalist Left: Post-2000 globalization enriched tech, finance, and media elites—who in turn reshaped the Democratic agenda toward elite, urban, and transnational interests.
Immigration and Demographic Engineering: Open-border policies were seen as a tool to replace declining working-class support with future progressive-leaning immigrant constituencies.
DEI and Affirmative Action Overreach: Civil rights principles morphed into divisive racial tribalism, rewarding grievance and punishing merit, often in illogical or hypocritical ways.
Transgender Movement as Cultural Wedge: The radical promotion of gender ideology, especially in sports and schools, is rejected by a large majority of voters but embraced by elites.
Crime and Lawlessness: Progressive legal theories undermined public safety, turning criminals into victims and leading to widespread urban disorder.
Climate Radicalism vs. Eco-pragmatism: Traditional conservation gave way to punitive climate orthodoxy that disproportionately burdens the middle class while exempting elite polluters.
Universities as Ideological Factories: Higher education abandoned academic rigor and free thought, embracing DEI and political activism, alienating ordinary Americans.
Foreign Students and Anti-American Activism: Elite colleges increasingly rely on wealthy, often illiberal, foreign students while marginalizing rural and working-class Americans.
Hypocrisy of the Elites: The Democrat-aligned ruling class lives lavishly while demanding austerity from ordinary Americans in the name of climate, equity, or justice.
Cultural Elitism and Political Suicide: Democrats’ embrace of unpopular, often irrational policies—combined with their condescending attitude—has turned voters away in droves.
Ideological Addiction: The essay concludes that the Democratic Party is addicted to its radical ideology, unable to reform even as it hemorrhages public support.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-graveyard-of-progressive-misadventures/
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