Blog #237 I ask Democrats…Is this what you want?
I Must Ask All Democrats: Is this what you want for America? These are generational issues that will decide whether America declines or breaks after attaining wealth that made people soft, lazy, incompetent, and ripe for takeover by enemies.
Please tell me if YOU believe the topics listed below. Do you honestly believe this Democrat/Socialist form of governance is best for people in ANY country?
By: John Shoemaker, February 2026
I ask Democrats: Is this what YOU believe? Is this the new “Democratic-Socialist Party?” Do you really want to change America to support these very different ideals?
I must list the obvious issues that seem fundamental to the beliefs of the new radical-left liberal progressive Democrats or Democratic Socialists, which may be precursors to a pure Socialist Party or even a Communist Party. They define a new political party in the USA.
1. Immigration: Do you really want Open Borders? Allow anyone from anywhere to come here and obtain a total package of free financial support by our Federal Government, including free healthcare, food, schooling, legal aid, housing, cash, and more? Imagine the continuing cost. Or is it done only to ensure voter superiority and a one-party system? Do you admit or accept the social disruption and chaos of open/unvetted border crossings?
2. Criminals: Do you want criminal felons, whether illegal aliens or American citizens, to be protected from law enforcement, even as they commit more felonies? Do you want more focus on criminals as victims than on the actual victims of crime who get ignored? All supported by a biased media? Do you want Judges to release prisoners, or lower sentences, or even vacate them even when found guilty in jury trials?
3. Gender ID: Will you allow children as young as 10 years old to have their sex organs removed? Also, is it OK to provide gender transitions for children without notifying their parents? Do you want to fund transitions for prisoners, even those waiting for execution?
4. Sex crimes: Is it OK to ignore pedophilia? To allow transgender boys to compete against girls in school athletics? Is child trafficking a critical concern? Should sex crimes have lessened penalties?
5. Social Division: Do you believe that DEI and Woke actions create unity or a social divide? While meritocracy has proven to create massive wealth, do you really believe that Woke/DEI attitudes will not drive hatred, envy, and obvious discrimination while fracturing social harmony and economic supremacy? Do you honestly believe that diversity does not create division?
6. Mental Illness: Is it ok to accept homelessness and allow homeless camps in tents on city streets, parks, and other spaces? Do you want to give away free needles for drug addiction? What about free alcohol and other drugs to addicts?
7. Education: Do you believe the Teachers Union is operating in the best interests of our children’s education, or is it focused on politics? How can we accept the serious decline in overall grades for years since COVID? Should Teachers be more concerned about political indoctrination than reading, writing, and arithmetic? Consider the performance of Charter Schools.
8. Business: Are you insisting that we end the concept of capitalism or regulate business in ways to cripple the essence of free-market, stock-incented, risk- taking innovation with market/buyer determination of success/failure? Is it necessary to heavily tax businesses to the point of removing incentives for staying in business?
9. International: Should we not protect our borders, focus on legal immigration, show strength with other countries, require more direct investment by other countries in their own defense, and end the concept of Globalism? Protection can mean striking at our enemies attacking us, including drug cartels, radical Muslims, and other enemies of our culture and way of life.
10. Taxation: Must the Federal Government print money to sustain massive over-budget yearly expenses and rely on an increasing national debt that exceeds $35 Trillion in 2026? Do you believe the Fed must continue supporting NGO’s and other massive social expenditures even when billions are lost to waste, greed, abuse, and criminal theft? Is overreliance on taxation the best answer, or are we setting ourselves up for bankruptcy in the future? Do you agree with Bernie Sanders that Billionaires are evil and need to be heavily taxed? Is it simply a matter of penalizing success and ending meritocracy for wealth achievement?
11. Confiscation: Do you believe in wealth confiscation with tax programs like taxing unearned capital gains on equities/investments? Special wealth taxes for any income over a specific amount? Taxing gains in home ownership due to the estimated market value (by govt) that changes continuously? Severe taxing of inheritances?
12. One Party System: Do you want one political party nationwide instead of two? If so, why do you need freedom of speech?
We are now experiencing a major shift in policy to the left by the traditional Democratic Party. Many of the issues above are not supported by the majority of Americans, and the new radical left party is very vocal, even violent, in their demands. This deep divide does not bode well for the future of America.
As has been said, “Be careful what you wish for.” America has become the wealthiest nation on Earth and in the history of mankind. To splinter this unparalleled model of success is near-suicidal. It must be understood that socialism erodes freedoms as the population becomes more dependent on the government and its rules, laws, programs, and policies.
In the end, economic freedom enables wealth creation through natural market forces and rewards success based on merit. It is the gospel of capitalism. Stripping away those forces through government intervention, regulation, or dictatorial demands will ultimately fail the people.
As a patriotic American, I reject these new radical beliefs by a party that has lost its way.
Pray for America as it was envisioned by our Founding Fathers. We cannot and should not lose our way.
We must protect the American Dream.