The "liberal elite"

[BainsBane]

96. so when you said you were trying to change the party

that doesn't include actually doing anything as "elitist" as joining your local party organization to work on voter registration and turnout?

Sanders is part of the Democratic Senate leadership. That makes him more of an elite than the folks working at the local level. Your not participating explains how you could imagine they wield power. ALL party positions are elected. Any power they exercise is granted through a democratic process. Participants just need to care enough to become involved and stay involved. I don't share your view that civic engagement is nefarious. Nor do I believe the bourgeois or affluent are exempt from being part of the elite because they don't care enough to bother.

My core belief is in equality. That means I believe that whiteness should not be valued more than melanin and that men do not deserve to rule as a birthright. I believe that people should earn positions through hard work and by accumulating experience. I have little patience for those who believe they are owed power but refuse to work to generate support or do anything but complain and expect other to cater to them.