Thomas Frank: Whats The Matter With America?

Good video, WV.

Too many good points to go through. But he nailed the reason why the Dems turned their backs on their own base and chose the “professional” class instead, and that this goes back decades before Clinton . . . Yep. Clinton was probably the worst of the lot of turncoats, and then Obama just solidified the position and made it the new baseline.

A few weeks ago, I had a bizarre discussion with a Dem, who once supported Sanders, btw, so his reaction was surprising. I said, almost in passing, that I hoped once the Dems regained power that they’d rollback the changes the Republicans make while they’re in power. That they would not do what they always do and accept the Republican status quo as the new baseline. He responded by saying they can’t do this, because, Democracy. I said, huh? I tried to get him to flesh this out, but he then went on a rant about my not understanding “nuance.”

Again, “huh?”

The Dems seem to accept the rightward parade as the new baseline, each time they get into power, instead of fighting back with at least equal and opposite fervor. I tell Dems they have to do this, and they keep saying they can’t blah blah blah. They don’t have the votes, blah blah blah. And I respond by reminding them they didn’t have them for Civil Rights and Voting Rights or Medicare or Social Security, either. They worked hard to get them anyway. More blah blah blah in response.

It’s kinda hopeless when supposedly “progressive” Dems keep making excuses for their own party’s cowardice.

It’s just (long past) time to end the duopoly, period, and the economic system that sustains it.