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Wow. Of all the criticisms to make of the left, this has got to be the most ignorant. Leftists are legendary for infighting and there are more different perspectives among leftists than you can probably find in the entire rest of the political spectrum combined. But sure, we're all alike.
NOBODY has forgotten about Gaza.
I didn't suggest anything, I said it. To be more fair though, I believe it did address inequality in a positive way for those at the bottom rungs who got significant subsidies. It might have even helped the middle class for a moment or two, but that time is passed. Obamacare offered the insurance companies a business model where they were practically guaranteed to be able to increase year over year profits by 10-15% annually for the foreseeable future, and they have definitely taken advantage of it. (Obamacare requires them to submit an explanation if premiums go up more than 15% a year.) The one other cost control that passed was a requirement that they had to spend at least 80% of premiums on actual healthcare. That created an incentive to increase their spending on care by the same 10-15% growth target, which has been a massive boon for big pharma, hospitals, and other providers - giving them that same 10-15% growth rate - and they don't even have the same 80% requirement. Before Obamacare, most hospitals were non-profit. Now, most hospitals are owned by Wall Street and are merging into giant conglomerates that are draining the pockets of the working class and the federal government. Meanwhile, doctors are leaving the profession because working for these companies is so bad. We have a massive doctor shortage in this country that keeps getting worse, and Obamacare was a big driver for that.
Oh great. More thought terminating cliches. Guess what, I'm pro-business too. Bernie is almost certainly the furthest left elected Democrat in congress, and even he is pro-business. Mainstream leftists who are pushing for "full worker ownership of the means of production" are at the absolute fringes of the American left. You can find some on lemmy, but there are no popular streamers I know of, and no prominent activist leaders.
I guess that depends on what you mean by significant, and how much more regulation etc. This is really pretty much meaningless without specifics. It could mean almost anything. Not that I am asking for specifics because that would take the conversation in a tedious direction that is really not necessary. What I've been talking about is the party as a whole, specifically the party establishment / leadership. I entirely agree that there are good ideas championed by various people in the party, but those ideas will never go anywhere when they are opposed by party leadership. If party leadership opposes a primary candidate, they are almost entirely capable of killing that candidacy. The only reason they give us primaries at all is that they were forced to when massive protests were turned into riots by a Democratic fascist Chicago mayor. They much preferred the smoke filled rooms, but running a reality TV contest was an acceptable fallback. With their ability to manipulate an election process spread over months, they can pretty much get their pick every time.
This is very wrong. According to Pew, Progressives are the most reliable voting bloc, beating out even "faith and flag" conservatives. Too much MS-NBC rots your brain. This myth just comes from the Democratic establishment making excuses for their failures. Progressives are telling the establishment how to win with normie voters. It's not progressives staying home, it's average Americans who find Democrats insufficiently inspiring. Without a Republican driven narrative, establishment Democrats have no narrative at all.
Europe is definitely doing it better than the US, but even they have a long ways to go. They have been moving in the same direction as the US, just slower.
Republicans are absolutely responsible for the reactionaries, but they are barely ahead of the Democrats in corporate capture. The problem is both Republicans, and Democrats who are so weak that they can't garner enough support to beat Republicans.