I don't think that's accurate either.

Going far left: that would take them into Bernie Sanders territory, and we all know how successful he was in pulling the party "left".

If they really were to go "left" (if only!), then we'd be looking at things like single-payer, Medicare for all, whatever you want to call it, instead of the Frankenstinian monster of a fucked-up health care system that we actually have, one created, with the connivance of the "leftist" Democrats, by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

We'd have provisions for "living wages", instead of the dog-eat-dog system we have now. Unions--non-corrupt, democratic unions--would have enough power to resist the corporate drive to the bottom in wages and worker protections.

All that stuff.

So no, the Democrats are not "leftists". Oh, you're talking about all that identity-politics bullshit, all the window dressing they try to pass off as social progress ("first gay _______", "first black woman ______"), the placing of trans people on a pedestal, all that crap: that's not leftism. Not really. And I agree, it sucks.

Like DEI: at first glance, it's a good idea: after all, diversity IS a good thing, and fairness is a virtue. However, there's a difference between allowing all types of people to be considered for jobs and appointments, and mindlessly promoting people SIMPLY BECAUSE they belong to a certain racial/gender/ability group, never mind their fitness for that appointment, which is what we seem to have today.