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There is a small movement among Democrats to retake the party from the DNC and return to it's original principles. The problem reduces itself to the sources of campaign financing. With union membership declining and with it the political clout that benefited the democratic party, the DNC moved the party further to the right and is now beholden to large corporations just as the Republicans are. I believe we are now in a purer form of Capitalism than at anytime in the past and I view that as a great blow to our Republic. I view one of the roles of government to check the excesses of corporations, and I have seen instead the steady erosion of the checks we once had.
But I honestly do not see the sufficient will within the democratic party to get off the corporate teat. Both parties consist of professional politicians whose one priority is to get reelected. I believe that true campaign finance reform is the answer, but the fox is in charge of that chicken coop.
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