True, although I believe things only got so bad after the party elite had became isolated from their base, and the above is how they initially became isolated from them in the first place.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe, but it happened decades ago, before most of the modern left were old enough to intervene.

[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I suppose you're right. They'd been shifting for a long time.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Yup, and now they're at the point of full on fascist genocide, and their base will engage in the most disgusting dishonesty to defend it.