1/ When I was young and we were protesting the Vietnam war etc., there was a sense that the Democratic Party was the establishment arm of the counterculture.
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2/ Today, in too many cases that’s changed. When right wing populists do their thing, the Republican party embraces them. But when left wing populists do their thing, corporate Democrats say “We don’t know those people.”
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3/ That leaves too many people feeling they have no voice within the political system, and the Democratic Party frustrated that more people aren’t using electoral politics as a vehicle of change.
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I understand why you feel that way, but on the other hand there are progressive candidates running in the primaries who very much do represent you. Please check these out.

Jul 24, 2020 · 9:29 AM UTC
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To me it’s not just about changing the system from within; it’s about access to the levers of power, the ability to actually change policy. Change have to occur on the level of the culture and also on the level of legislation.
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