Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "Why Are Democrats Terrible at Talking About Issues?" video.

  1. You just need to name "Defund the police" to show how terrible Democrats are. A 3-word slogan which need 3 paragraphs and a "but" to not be misunderstood. Ridiculous stupid decission it should never have been used. Republicans are very good at campaigning with more or less nothing. They either have no policies to work with or their policies are so terrible that everyone actually reading it will vote against it. Republicans also never talk about the past and about their achievements because there is nothing or it's so bad that it's better to not talk about it anymore. Nerver noticed, but Republicans always talk about tomorrow, they promise the world for you and the pot of gold is always behind the next hill at the end of the rainbow. But they never deliver it's a lie, an illusion. Republians also like to campaign on fear and anger. It's their most successfull strategy for elections. Make an enemy (trans, culture war, woke people) or exaggerate an existing enemy or prejudice (immigrants, "metropolitan elite", The Swamp, socialists/communists) and promise "to deal with it" and to protect voters from it. Do they ever? No ... or lets say they make it appear like that. Solving it means you cannot use it for the next election. Despite all those negatives and more or less nothing substantive (and real/truthful) to campaign on Republicans manage to get elected quite successfully by appealing to emotions, especially anger, hate and fear. They have a short direct language mostly short 3 word slogans people can remember and use even if they might not fully grasp the meaning. And the Democrats could learn a lesson or two. And this is the what Democrats need to change. Appeal to emotions. People like hope, passion, empathy more than hate, anger and fear. Point out achievements people liked or even loved. Keep reminding them of the good stuff. And use the policies you plan to introduce to work for you most of the policies the left suggested are liked even by Right-Wing voters.
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  2. Sometimes I wonder if the Democrats want to lose or maybe are payed by legal bribery (donations) to lose intentionally especially when progressives getting too influential. Progressive Democrats do not take Corporate PAC money they can do what their voters want. People who take Corporate Money are not free they need to give something back to the donor (Corporations, Wealthy individuals) or the donations will dry up next time. Republicans always take any donation they can get a hand on. So for Corporate Democrats (the so called "moderates") Corporate Republicans are closer to them than Progressives in their own party who not listen to Corporations like they do or Republicans do. So is it so unlikely that some might prefer to lose to Republicans than lose to Progressives? Progressives if they ever have enough influence will really drain the swamp and dissolve this corrupt system of legal bribery and will introduce complete transparency. All things Republicans and Corporate Democrats hate.
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