Don't think the Democratic Establishment will be moved to action. They do not exist to govern - they exist to make sure the Progressives never govern. Like the GOP, as long as they show a slavish devotion to their corporate sponsors, they don't have to worry too much about winning.
If they show their loyalty, they will receive a nice sinecure at some think tank funded by the giveaway they spent their careers voting for.
However, if they ever do anything that raises the taxes of those who fund those think tanks (whose job it is to provide "research" that supports policies favorable to those who fund them), well, they'll never get to ride the gravy train.
Nothing will get better until progressives and/or populists break the back of one of the ruling parties.
Don't think the Democratic Establishment will be moved to action. They do not exist to govern - they exist to make sure the Progressives never govern. Like the GOP, as long as they show a slavish devotion to their corporate sponsors, they don't have to worry too much about winning.
If they show their loyalty, they will receive a nice sinecure at some think tank funded by the giveaway they spent their careers voting for.
However, if they ever do anything that raises the taxes of those who fund those think tanks (whose job it is to provide "research" that supports policies favorable to those who fund them), well, they'll never get to ride the gravy train.
Nothing will get better until progressives and/or populists break the back of one of the ruling parties.