Robert Reich: Meet the Future of the Democratic Party

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30. This!

If the party got with it, got current, and did what likely most Dems want, I would be happy with that, even if the candidate wasn't my favorite.

I fear with the Democratic apparati we have, the money influence is too great a temptation against us, the common people. The people in charge (and I'm not talking politicians, but institutional leaders, are older and have been born and bred in the ways of the 1950's. I wouldn't even call them boomers! They're before WE were born. And that's the problem. It's the same as the office manager who doesn't count you working unless he can see your butt in your seat. Those old days are long gone; we've moved into the era where the ultra rich control every aspect of our life. We need newer blood (even younger Boomer blood) who've lived through Reagan and Bush's recessions. Who remember the bailouts for everybody but we, the American people. Who remember and understand how we've suffered since the 1960's on the poor end of the pendulum. We want that pendulum to swing back towards US, the American people... those who have been disenfranchised for decades and more... POC, women, immigrants. We want these people to be celebrated for their accomplishments, not imprisoned or murdered for being just who they are.

I apologize. I've had a bad lupus day, the Raynauds is acting up and I'm on the edge of both despair and wishing I could hope. I apologize if I've offended anyone. It truly wasn't my intention.