Hillary Is Like A Fish Out of Water When Talking About Class Issues

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275. You are right.

I edited my post and pulled out any personal parts. That was over the line, and I apologize. People in my family are much the same way. They are not bad people. They know who they vote for and why

I disagree that good people supporting the party without serious reservation and hesistancy is not part of the problem, though. If we support elite politicians who are actively working against us, we at least must do it with full recognition of what we are doing, and very rarely. There are no good options, but one of the worst is to continue down the same path. Far too many people (and with climate change, all of us) don't have time to wait and hope that years and years from now the party will swing left again. Meanwhile, they've taken the time we've given them, time and time again, to further stack the deck against us. We have no option but to not play their game as much as humanely possible.

As for transportation, I bike everywhere. I can't afford a car. If I use a motor vehicle, it's public transport if possible. I'm not perfect at all, but I do my best to look at each area in my life and try to make it better. It needs to be the same with our politics: if there are corrupt democrats, we cannot keep supporting them. We only harm ourselves by doing so. Yes, the wealthy and the bankers are the culprits. But throughout the history of the US (and really earlier) it was the slightly more privileged who accepted what they had and continued despite so much harm done to the worst-off among us that ultimately could not come together and unite with the working class. Their support is what gives the Democratic Party it's power. Same with the Republicans. If we can stand up and refuse both of the terrible options given us, we stand a chance.