By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness - Today’s Democratic Party has abandoned its traditional working-class, patriotic roots and embraced a radical Jacobin ideology built on division, coercion, and political extremism... For the past century, the agendas of the Dem. Party were predictable. They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar unions... Unemployment insurance, a 40-hour work week, disability insurance, and Social Security... Still, many Democrats were socially conservative.