2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "You will enjoy a certain moral security"---Check your privilege. [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)So let me be simple.
The dominant approach to the economy and how policies and business behavior affects society has been GOP TRickle Down Supply Side Economics. It has been giving Big Corporations and Wall St. unrestrained power to siphon money from the lower and middle classes and put it in the pockets of the upper class.
The GOp has relentlessly and openly pushed that since 1980.
Unfortunately too often the Democrats have gone along with it, either from cowardice, or their desire to grab a slice of the booty. They have contributed to that problem, rather than actively opposing it and fighting for the people.
Whether or not any of Sanders specific plans in the primary are the answer is not the issue. the issue is whether the Democratic Party will continue to ignore and sweep the real problems under the carpet, or will actively change enough to truly fight for the majority in terms of distribution of wealth and power.