Democrats are trying to find a "message" for their political campaigns. How did they lose the working-class vote? some of the black vote? some of the brown vote? some xyz vote? What message do they need to come up with? I have a suggestion:
ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL.
Why do I think this is the "message"? Because it is not a message. It is a vision. It is a dream. It is the foundational American vision and dream.
This vision and dream won the Revolutionary War. It won the Civil War. It won the New Deal "war". It won the Civil Rights Movement "war". It won the War on Poverty "war". It will win again. Why?
All People are Created Equal undercuts the very roots of fascism/authoritarianism/racism/Nazism/Oligarchy-ism/theocracy-ism. How?
Racism says Whites are superior to blacks and browns and reds and yellows. Sexism says men are superior to women. Xenophobia says white Americans are superior to brown immigrants. Oligarchs say the rich are superior to we peasants. "Kings" say they are superior to their "subjects".
But none of that is true. All People are Created Equal means all people are human beings and are endowed by the Creator of Human Beings the Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Somehow, the flawed Thomas Jefferson had a moment of Divine Inspiration to put the emerging United States on the greatest dream the world had ever seen - All People are Created Equal. At our deepest root, we are One. And this truth cannot be killed by the bigots.
The law? - nobody is above the law; everybody is protected by just laws and legal systems. Health, financial opportunity, abundance, safety of the home and neighborhood, anything that already excites liberals and democrats are a subset of ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL.
I hope that this message and vision catches fire and ignites inspiring political candidates. This is the American Dream. It is the American answer to "kings", racists, fascists, and bullies of all stripes.
This is the greatest vision and dream in human history. It is not going away. And it is needed now, and is much more powerful than the domineering scare-the-crap-out-of-everyone stupid MAGA cult led by an astonishingly cruel, but stupid, leader.
