The Democratic Party has spent much of its existence posing as the defender of the poor and helpless — “the forgotten man at the bottom” — against would-be oligarchs seeking to suppress them. Although the Democratic Party has long since transformed into the party of the rich and powerful, it has maintained its rhetorical position as a populist force aiding the underdog.
Democrats and “progressives” increasingly warn that the American system itself teeters in the balance, and the greatest threat to “Our Democracy”™ are often elections. (They seem particularly concerned about the threat to “democracy” posed by their party’s impending shellacking in the 2022 midterm elections.) The juxtaposition seems so ironic that only reading their harried, hair-on-fire warnings can establish that they have actually made this argument. Here are a few examples:
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