Democrat

In contrast to a Republican, a Democrat is someone who believes in maximizing equality of lifestyle, even at the expense of minimizing opportunity. While many other principles of life and/or governance have been associated with the label "Democrat," no convincing case can be presented that any such auxiliary belief or principle is a requirement for membership in the Democrat Party.

Bear in mind, of course, that there are two main branches of the Democrat Party, the socialist/communist/anarchist ideologues (who believe in perfect economic equality as a worthy goal) and their more jaded coreligionists who believe that its essential to have a privileged class overseeing everything and reaping the primary benefits (who tend to be billionaires and heads of giant corporations and banking interests).

The Democrat Party is increasingly giving voice to ideologues of a Rube-Goldberg fashion who attempt to meld a cacophony of social norms, especially those related to sexuality, gender and the family, in which, on the one hand, every individual is entitled to make up his or her (and other pronouns we need not mention to make this point) own rules, while, on the other hand, every ethnicity or religious minority (other than Christians or Jews) is permitted to do this. This can, and does, lead to conflicts. Even here, there are complications arising from major differences within ethnic populations.

More recent party leaders and platforms have attempted to establish universal rules, such as "no pro-lifers allowed". That tends to work in practice because big-government Republicans tend to agree with that position. The ideologues would, of course, prefer to add other taboos, but the party as a whole retains a modicum of survival instinct.

As such, the Democrat Party is an example of a Big Tent Party.