saltwind 78 wrote:
tom, Being an old American history and government teacher, I have to give you a 0 for your incorrect answer. The Democratic Party has its roots in the old Republican- Democratic Party founded by Thomas Jefferson. It greater shape under Jackson, long before c*******m was founded by Karl Marx in 1848 with the writing of the C*******t Manifesto. The Democratic Party was first established as the party of the farmer. Later it became the party of the s***e owners in the South. Under FDR, it became the party of the working man, although it was the more democratic of the parties long before that. Most Progressives of the early 20th century were Democrats, as were most unions. You are right about the robber barons. They were Republicans that spouted the same social evolution and laissez faire capitalism as the Republican Party of today.
The liberal philosophy actually was that of the new factory owner class of Europe. At that time the old aristocracy was at war with the liberals. Both classes were struggling to gain power. The conservatives of the day were champions of the old land owning aristocracy. The socialists became the voice of the workers and represented their interests.
In the United States, the socialists never gained popularity with the workers, because they embraced unions. As you know, the unions in many cases were controlled by the various Democratic Party machines like Tameny Hall in New York.
The Democratic Party evolved into the Party of the workers and many of the American Middle Class. It has also become the champion of civil rights since the days of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. The Republican Party has become the party of the well- to- do and many blue collar workers that became dissatisfied with the Democrats, mostly because of fear of Black workers migrating to the North, and fleeing segregation in the South. Thats pretty much where it stands today.
If I were you, I would be concerned with the corruption of the Republicans. Republican legislatures like our VP, sell their v**es to the super wealthy. The Democrats while corrupt as well sometimes do the same.
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I don't give-a-crap where the (D)emonrat Party came from {or "had its roots"}, breakwind86, in about 1897 the entire secular liberal progressive Marxist movement got a foot-hold into our American Western free-market Republic's education, media and (D) politics/government, and a bit later, American entertainment. And "JFK" (D), today, would be considered by "lefty," a "right-wing-nut-job." NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS!!! "Trumbo," is an interesting, current, "Hollyweird," well-(D)one, Marxist view of conservative Americans {like John Wayne and Hedda Hopper}, who saw the quiet, {quite brilliant} amplifying Marxist infiltration {Screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo}, into our free-market entertainment industry, and tried to "Blacklist" the infringing c*******t ideology. But by then the secular liberal progressive {artistic/(D)azzling} Marxist movement {"MGM," Goldwyn/Mayer, etc.}, had found a home in our "20th Century," hummmmmmm, Western free-market. And by the time Sen. Joe McCarthy (R), {"McCartyism"}, was plugged into the growing threat of Marxism to our Western free-market Republic, the Marxist media voice had gotten too strong and far-reaching for just a few brave conservative politicians to squelch, and they {1971} were greatly aided by the American Marx version, "red-(D)iaper-baby," Saul Alinsky (D), "Rules for Radicals." And the entire administration "WE" just electively (D)ecapitated, with the 24/7/365 aid of their "lap-(D)og, alphabet channel" media (D), was {and is}, chock-a-block full of radical secular liberal progressive Marx/Alinskyites (D), who are now doing everything in their {loss-of} power, 24/7/365, to either have President "45" Trump (R), {or ANY conservative, American, Constitutionalist, Republican patriot, for THAT matter}, "impeached," and/or (D)eligitimized, or burn-(D)own {"fundamentally t***sform"} our "Shining Light on the Hill;" whichever comes first; or second. Hummmmmm. What IS that "crushing" noise I keep hearing??? "(D)RAIN THAT {RADICAL SECULAR LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE "LEFTY" SWAMP!!!" GOOOOOOOOOO REP. TREY GOWDY (R); and, GOOOOOOOOOO PRESIDENT "45" DONALD J. TRUMP (R); JUST LIKE THE WEATHER!!!