2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ticked off millennials are taking on the Democrats [View all]Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)only rich kids should go to college. They don't want the gardner's daughter or the maid's son rubbing elbows with little Farnsworth when he's off at college.
Elitists and corporatists within our Party just want the status quo maintained. Poor people stay poor, and keep voting Democrat. Real progressive reforms - that would actually help poor and working class Americans - are not going to get anywhere if they can help it. Heaven forbid their taxes go up or a poor family uses housing assistance to move into their neighborhood.
They see things much like Republicans do, although they might be pro-choice or support LGBT rights. It's GOP-lite, 3rd Way bullshit, and unless Hillary gets indicted, we're probably going to sit and watch as the monied interests who've invested in Hillary close on their deal, and progressives are purged from the Party.