This is really good news. This country has been stuck in reverse, or should I say “stuck in conservatism,” since the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Right after the presidency of Reagan we had a whole generation of young conservatives who helped keep progressives wedged between an older conservative generation and the young conservative kids. For progressives the last 30 years have really sucked. The peace movement has been dead, largely due to Democratic Presidents, such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Both of those men were from the conservative wing of the Democratic Party. Middle of the road centrism seems to have been the best progressives thought they could achieve. Until the last election when Bernie Sanders blazed the way for the new young progressives and socialists to strike out against the conservative system. The idea of a socialist, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), elected to office, seemed far fetched just a few years ago. Conservatives, such as Fox News have gone crazy over the idea that there are enough socialists in the US
From AP news:
MIAMI (AP) — Andy Vila’s mother remembers her son as a bright, rebellious child who enjoyed Harry Potter books and dressing up as the U.S. Cuba
His socialism made Vila an outlier in his Miami Vila
At 21, Vila is part of a wave of young Americans openly supporting socialism, even among Miami U.S. electorate, according to the Pew Research Center
While more than half of Americans rejected socialism in a recent Gallup
The popularity of self-described democratic socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
As a teen, he identified as a Libertarian-style Republican and spent hours watching YouTube clips of conservative provocateurs lambasting liberals. He served as a congressional intern for longtime Miami Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, and joined a conservative college group.
But something began to shift during the 2016 election. Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s increasingly hostile stance toward immigration alienated Vila
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In this June 26, 2019, photo, Andy Vila, 21, speaks to callers who have phoned in to an anonymous know-your-rights hotline for immigrants who are in Miami