The 'NEW DEMOCRATS' Meet the New Reality

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113. Solid description of what's at stake.

Am rereading parts of this thread (b/c of a reply) and just want to tell you that I admire the clarity with which you understand and convey a situation that I believe is only a vague sense of unease for most Americans. I wish we could bring people up to date more quickly. Bernie is doing some of it, but if he could boil it down to what you write here, it might speed up the awakening of the American people.

I saw the corporate threat back in the 1990s, but at that time, ordinary leftists couldn't bring it into view, and I wasn't strong, bold, and articulate enough to make an impact. Most progressive voices in my neck of the woods couldn't see beyond pet social issues and counter-cultural identity. I felt like a cassandra; it's been so sad to helplessly watch this happening to my country and to the world. I think the internet has given aware people a wider platform, bigger bullhorn for sharing concepts, connecting the dots, and making paradigm shifts. But the oligarchy has a huge head-start on us.

Anyway, thanks.