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(DC Pundit) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has once again shown her talent for reading the room among Democrats, this time by declaring the party’s lurch toward radical socialism a positive development. Speaking Monday in a conversation with the Hamptons Institute, Clinton labeled the current “experiment” within the Democratic Party as “healthy.”
“The Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through a kind of experiment, like who can actually respond particularly to young people’s very real concerns about where they are at this point in their lives and what kind of future do they have for themselves? I think that is healthy,” she said.
Clinton, ever eager to stay in step with the latest leftward shift, delivered these remarks as democratic socialist candidates continue challenging establishment Democrats in primaries across the country. The moderator had asked her about the party’s future amid what was described as a “major upheaval between center-left and democratic socialists.”
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Hillary Clinton says the Democrat Party is “going through an experiment” to see if far-Left, socialist candidates — who want to abolish prisons and borders — can win over young voters. pic.twitter.com/0Hja6X5xHK
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How exactly is embracing a failed ideology healthy? Socialism has a long track record of producing shortages, economic stagnation, and misery wherever it has been tried seriously. From the Soviet Union to modern examples that left-wing activists prefer not to discuss, the results speak for themselves. Yet Clinton frames the rise of candidates pushing these ideas as a thoughtful response to young voters’ anxieties.
This is classic Clinton: always positioning herself as attuned to the newest trend inside the party, even when that trend involves recycling economic theories that history has repeatedly rejected. Plenty of Democrats have rushed to associate themselves with the socialist wing to appear relevant. Clinton’s version simply adds a veneer of elder-statesman wisdom to the same impulse.
Her comments arrive as the Democratic Party continues searching for ways to connect with younger voters while its more extreme elements gain ground. Calling that process “healthy” may play well in certain circles, but it does little to address the practical failures of the policies those candidates promote. Conservatives watching this spectacle are left wondering how much further left the party must go before someone in its leadership finally notices the pattern.
Clinton’s assessment may satisfy progressive activists, but it offers no serious answer to the question of whether repeating the mistakes of the past somehow becomes wise simply because it appeals to a particular demographic.
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