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Examples of Democrats' "hypocrisy," according to Hamid, include, preaching tolerance and inclusion "while marginalizing pro-life Democrats, talking down to Black and brown voters, ignoring religious conservatives and dismissing the growing ranks of Americans who felt the party had become too radical on issues such as gender identity. On policy, what was once the working-class party chose to prioritize things such as college debt relief, which disproportionately benefits the wealthy."

Uhhh. I'm with you on the idea that Democrats aren't living up to their ideals but ensuring that people can make indevidual health decisions on abortion, respecting trans folks and ignoring conservative voices as the liberal party aren't really compelling examples. I don't love the way dems have handled social issues, I think they played into the culture war/identity politics games, but it's not inconsistent with the parties' ideals, it's just that their particular approach has often been hollow and unproductive.

And college debt relief is still a good thing, they just should have done more along side it. Wild that that's the chosen example of catering to the rich. College students aren't the rich and powerful, they're kids... who just started life and are being saddled with lifetimes of debt...

You can do things to help them not be buried in debt for the rest of their lives and help other groups