I think the "it ISN'T about economics" argument is, ultimately, a deeply right wing position.

[Ken Burch]

48. Because that's the only explanation for all the threads on how economic issues played no role

in how the Electoral College results turned out. And it's beginning to get a little bit suspicious that there is so much the resistance to any increased emphasis on economic justice as part of our message(coupled with the assumption a lot of people here seem to have that any greater emphasis on economic justice can ONLY mean a dilution or abandonment of the social justice/anti-oppression agenda.

For myself, the only thing I would like us to spend less time on is the emphasis on running AGAINST the other party, rather than running FOR what we stand for. "Stop the Monsters&quot even when running against an actual monster as we did this time)isn't working for us as a pitch. Voters need to be reminded why our "offer" is better...not just that the other side is a chamber of horrors.

What's the Democratic message I would advocate for 2020?

I'd have us talk MORE about the need to fight social oppression, because it is simply something we need to combat in the name of being a decent nation(and more about peace and finding non-confrontational ways to solve international disputes, since it appears that we lost a lot of votes because people thought Trump-and I don't understand why anyone would believe this-was less likely to get us into additional wars than Hillary). I'd have us talk more about standing up for ordinary people against corporate power, the ways in which corporate power and "market values" use bigotry to keep us from standing up to them and finding the ways to work together for a better life.

Could you trust that message, as I briefly described it there, NOT to leave anyone in the Democratic coalition out in the cold or cause them to be thrown under the bus?