This is the third installment in a four-part series that examines why newly disgruntled Republicans have reason to side with Democrats for the short-term. As implosion becomes imminent in the GOP for its perpetuating the Trump perversion of the presidency, those repulsed now may want to rebuild the GOP later in a more honorable incarnation.
While they might not find a voice within the remnants of their own party, these woke true conservatives in the #SilentCenter can find one with the We Party TrueCons branch of We Party Populists. When no longer burdened by the hate and division that have become the only tools to retain power for the GOP, conservatives will realize that they share the same foe as progressives: the #CORPservatives that stole their party.
[for those that have read Parts 1 and 2, feel free to skip down to the start of Part 4]
Part 1 of this series examines who these emerging true conservatives, TrueCons, will be, and why Democrats need to see these folks for what they represent: winning margins in 2020. But we can’t see them only as numbers; these folks need to feel heard, and respected for their courage to break free as their worldview is set on its head by an infusion of truth.
-Posted Thursday, April 18 - Part 1 of 4: How Democrats Can Benefit from the Birth of the #TrueCon; What to do When TrueCons Face the Music. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/18/1851375/-How-Democrats-Can-Benefit-from-the-Birth-of-the-TrueCon-Part-1-of-4-When-TrueCons-Face-the-Music/
Part 2 establishes how TrueCons fit within We Party Populists, the positive populists who eschew the corporatist wings of both major parties. The three subgroups, We Party Dems, We Party Independents, and We Party TrueCons can each find many of their primary desires within the We Party Populists Platform.
These TrueCons face this glaring reality: Their only chance to take the GOP back is to vote the old guard out in the primaries, and then #VoteBlue2020 in the general election so Dems can pass and sign election and campaign finance reforms. Without those in place, moderate Republicans cannot unseat billionaire-backed incumbents in the primaries down the road.
-Friday, April 19 - How Dems Benefit from #TrueCons; Part 2 of 4: How We Party TrueCons Can Replace the #CORPservative GOP. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/19/1851595/-How-Dems-Benefit-from-TrueCons-Part-2-of-4-How-We-Party-TrueCons-Can-Replace-CORPservative-GOP/
Part 4 introduces the We Party Populists logo, the Inclusion Möbius, as a graphic representation of how our nation can be: in economic, social, and political balance by 2025. The key at right shows the groups that each colored segment represents. You can also find out more about this effort at http://wepartypopulists.com and at the Facebook page of the same name.
That image is matched with the WPP slogan that has us “Striving Together for a Truly Inclusive American by 2025.” And with that as a theme, we work through the ways to end the CORPservative incarnation of the GOP for good, and establish a sense of the timing of the necessary transition.
-Wednesday, April 24 — Part 4 of 4: Putting the Nails in the #CORPservative Coffin, and How the #TrueCon Can Factor into Post-Trump Healing www.dailykos.com/...
And now in Part 3 we dig into what TrueCons will appreciate in the WPP Platform, despite its progressive origins and left-leaning solutions to complex issues.
Part 3: How Dems and Woke Conservatives - #TrueCons - Can Save America Together
Part of how We Party Populists feels we can change the perspective on the dynamics of American politics is to take away the limitations of two dimensions, go beyond linear. It’s time to think beyond left and right. Let’s add a “Y” axis which in the positive direction is less corporatist and in the negative is more corporatist.
Think about it. While Trump is as far below the horizontal as he can get, deep into the #RepubloFascism realm, many of his supporters are well above that line. They distrust Wall Street and huge corporations that are thriving on huge tax cuts while the rest of us languish.
On the Democratic side, most are well above the line except those near the political center. And politicians in that realm are really only there because campaign finance laws encourage flirting with the corporate elite. Without the need for drawing in campaign cash, that tie could easily be severed.
Both left and right want public not private financing for campaigns to get money out of politics. See how many are above that horizontal line?
That is one of the premises of We Party Populists, and one of the ways in which TrueCons and progressives can pull together.
But that’s just the tip of the We Party Populists iceberg. The WPP Platform is full of bipartisan goals once the filters of hate, distrust of Democrats, and thorough disinformation have been stripped away.
For the We Party Dems branch, they’ll find that progressive policies towards social and economic inequities are championed. Medicare For All and free college tuition will eliminate the main economic fears every family faces. Climate realities will be addressed in ways that stimulate the economy as well. In fact, virtually all positions supported by current presidential candidates are in some way represented.
Independents often leave the major parties because of their corporatist ties and oligarchic influence. WPP recognizes that weakness in a capitalistic democracy, and addresses it front and center through our first all-inclusive platform: “Optimizing Democracy.” Taking money out of politics will require ending Citizens United, restoring the Voting Rights Act to its original intent, a non-partisan solution to gerrymandering, lobbying and superPAC reforms, and public not private funding for all campaigns. Add to that mandating hand-counted paper ballots and ending targeted voter purging and disenfranchisement, and the integrity of elections can be solidified.
Reining in the power of Wall Street, Big Oil, Big Pharma, factory farming, the banking industry, and monopoly capitalism as a whole will come from restoring just regulation of these entities. Both We Party Dems and We Party Independents will be fully on board.
But more than that, the WPP Platform seeks to level the playing field. First, the “1000 Families” Top Tax Tier Plan puts the top tier at 72% on income above $35 million, a thousand times what a struggling family earns.
And that plan also gives budding entrepreneurs a break as they go against the existing titans in their industries. While the Trump/GOP tax cuts end for the big corporations, they remain intact for their small and medium-sized competitors.
For most of those who call themselves conservatives for economic reasons, this is just what they need to achieve that next step. This perk for small business owners, added to the social benefits that all this new revenue will make possible, provides the basis for how some conservatives can see themselves as on the same team as progressives through We Party TrueCons.
As for the others, those that see Christianity as the foundation of their conservatism, the solutions the WPP Platform presents will only be entertained if distrust is peeled away.
That starts with focusing on all the lies unearthed in the Mueller report and throughout the media’s handling of the coverage leading up to it. Let these things be the fissure that cracks the wall of disinformation. Then show how WPP solutions tie directly to the Golden Rule and Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged. Lastly, show how faith can be respected, even valued, among those whose hearts are pure even if they come from different perspectives. These potential TrueCons need to see that liberals aren’t fighting to deprive them of their faith, only to give others equal room to practice theirs as well. It’s not a zero sum game, despite the ways their chosen media depicts it.
The We Party Populists Platform is organized to frame the universality among the 99% as they fight the 1% to get more out of the American pie than just table scraps. Here are the four all-encompassing planks of the WPP Platform:
- Optimizing Democracy
- Optimizing Taxation and Budgetary Disbursement
- Enabling the Universal Opportunity for the Pursuit of Happiness
- Planning for Our Optimum 22nd Century
See the full platform at: https://wepartypopulists.com/wpp-platform/
Knowing the way forward is acknowledging the errors of the past. The casualty in all this must be Fox News and the other agitators in the GOP spin machine. They are the unAmerican ones. Their time is soon to pass.
Together, We Party Dems, We Party Independents, and We Party TrueCons can work together on 90% of the same things, while nuances of preference and importance may shift between them. In the next decade, We Party Populists of all stripes will have to be the positive force that tries to heal democracy after the pummeling it has taken at the hands of CORPservatives.
While challenges will increase along with our sea level and climate disruption, the most destructive elements of corporate greed will experience new restraints. Civilization will not consume itself just yet; America will see to it that honor, justice, and equality return as higher priorities than quarterly profits.