Democrat insiders want to rebrand the party as ideologically moderate, but that’s a mistake.

Washington’s Democratic Party establishment keeps demanding that progressive members tone down their criticism of billionaire oligarchs and corporate autocrats. Why? Because the Democrat insiders want to rebrand the party as ideologically moderate. “Time to get serious,” they bark.

Two things: First, on the ideology question, I’m with Woody Guthrie: “Right-wing, left-wing, chicken wing,” he said. I think Woody meant that most workaday people don’t put 10 cents’ worth of faith in doctrinaire promises from political ideologues. Rather, they’re looking for honest answers to the old labor song: “Which side are you on” — the bosses, bankers, and billionaires or the rest of us?

Second, on the matter of seriousness, I find that both the Democratic Party and the larger progressive movement have gotten way too serious. They’ve become lost in their latest 21-point plan,........

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