Look, try to wrap your pea sized red team/blue team brain around the following.
Democrats could draw a much stronger contrast — not just by opposing Republicans, but by clearly fighting for working and middle-class Americans. That means:
- Guaranteeing universal healthcare so no one’s livelihood depends on employer insurance
- Taxing the rich and corporations
- Raising the federal minimum wage to a true living wage — $15–$20 and indexed to inflation
- Erasing student debt and making public college tuition-free or debt-free
- Ensuring paid family and medical leave for every worker
- Investing in communities, not weapons — trimming bloated defense budgets to fund schools and housing
- Conditioning foreign aid — including to Israel — on human-rights compliance and diplomacy
- Holding Wall Street and Big Tech accountable through fair taxes and antitrust enforcement
The frustrating part is that whenever progressives push these policies, party leadership often aligns with Republicans to block them — protecting corporate donors instead of voters.
Both Sides is a legitimate issue with the political system if you take off your blue blinders