WTF? China, Mexico and India???

[Hortensis]

95. Ask Obama. Ask Hillary. Ask Warren. Ask Bernie.

You know, it's not like we haven't been here before. In the 1930s so much wealth and power had become concentrated in the hands of the wealthy that finally even the middle class was badly hurt, not just lower classes. And so they fixed it, as tends to happen when those who vote have finally had enough.

Political realities have changed, specifically the makeup of Congress and today's unfortunate unification of the right in one party (a unity perhaps in the process of breaking and dissolving though), so the fixing is taking longer. But let's face it, we also didn't fall as far as those who went through the Great Depression, so we also don't have quite as strong a national political will as they did.

However, most of today's conservatives are very fond of the Social Security and Medicare, and they now know those controlling their party are very seriously trying to take them away. The Trump-led rebellion against the GOP leadership is definitely not all about bigotry, and many Trump supporters no longer support funneling wealth to the wealthy. So this election may also reveal a reawakening of the old progressivism of many moderate conservatives that in the past helped make the New Deal and Fair Deal realities. If that happens,..

Anyway, at whatever speed we manage to get up to, it's happening. Stopping digging when you're in a hole may be the first thing to do, but the second is to look up and then climb out. And, again, some of the complainers on this post are obviously way behind the curve on looking up.