Democrats don't have a working-class problem. America does. - WaPo Milbank

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3. Articles like this bug me.

The phenomena it's discussing is the result of 40 + years of Reaganomics. Trickle down has not been how that has worked. Far from it! More like suck it up, because the plutocrat robber Barons have done exactly that.
Combine that with the Citizens United decision by the Extreme Court, and the fact that it costs ginormous amounts of money to run any major campaign for office, and it isn't hard to see how we got here.
Too many people want to blame the take over of our democracy by oligarchs, and let the Republicans off the hook, even though they were the ones who opened the door in the first place.
The Pukes have been lusting for oligarchy ever since Tricky Dicky Nixon was forced to resign back in 1974. Actually, it goes back to the 1930's, when they wanted to overthrow the government via military coup.
Not trying to let Dems off the hook for taking donations from wealthy contributors, but where is our supposedly " liberal press" who could put the real cause of the problems out in the open, where it could be acknowledged and discussed? Answer: we don't have a liberal media. The wealthy have been buying them up and consolidating them for some time.
The Dems have been fighting an uphill battle, with one hand tied behind their backs, and blind folded, and people want to blame them for the continued defeats.
We need some wealthy people who realize that the economy always does better under Democrats and who are willing to buy up some major media outlets in order to get that message across. Otherwise, uninformed voters will keep getting distracted by culture wars and not be clued in about how oligarchs are getting them to vote against their best Interests.
We also need to show how grassroots fund raising can help free our Dem politicians from needing to accept donations from Robber Barons, who always want concessions that are in conflict with the needs of our constituents. If we each gave small amounts of money, our candidates would have what they need to run campaigns and the Robber Barons could be sent packing.