How Democrats Can Win Back The Working Class

I just read the transcript.... and wow, this is an eye-opener. I have to say, though, that the most critical piece was almost brushed over. By that, I mean it was mentioned almost in passing but it needs to become front and center because I personally believe this 'critical piece' is the reason the D party has lost its way and also the reason Bernie Sanders was pushed to the outside. That critical piece is the simple fact that our country, including both parties is now controlled by corporate interests. The very wealthy now literally run our country like monarchs. The problem isn't 'education'. It isn't 'woke'. The problem is that 5% of the population -- or less -- now control the remaining 95%, and that includes most of the educated people in this country. The main difference between the so-called 'educated class' and the working class is that those with education may be more aware of what is happening because they've learned about it in school -- assuming they are taking classes in economics, history, etc. -- or they have learned a particular profession. We still do need people who actually know things like medicine, history, etc. So to me this dumping on 'education' is a red herring. I have a PhD. (I was a psychologist before I retired) but I still depend on Social Security. I identify more with the working class in that respect. I am not uber-wealthy. But my point is, the uber-wealthy are now multi-BILLIONAIRES. Their lives are so remote from the rest of us, they probably see us as nothing but cyphers. THIS is the elephant in the room -- the total control by Corporate and Ultra-Wealthy interests. They have a disease, an addiction, to having more and more wealth and power at the expense of our lives. I may have a PhD, but my life is much closer to that of a working-class person than it is to these ultra-wealthy individuals. I travel on Amtrak. I don't own a private jet. We need to stop demonizing 'education' and name the real problem!! But to fix it, we have to STOP this obscenity of multi-billionaires calling all the shots. They have bought the Supreme Court. They possibly bought the 2024 election as well. Dems need to understand that Bernie was right and we need a kind of revolution that reins in corporate power.

No mention here about the fact that the Democrats have become the party of war. No mention of how the Democrats have abandoned environmental issues. Shouldn't we ask the question about why so many young people defected or didn't vote at all.? People do not feel heard. They do not feel that their opinions matter. And they feel that corporations have a much larger influence than they do. Not only do they take a bigger piece of the pie but they work against environmental interests and they work for imperial war interests.

Another reason the Democrats lost the seven swing states is that they over-canvassed: not only the the state Democratic Party, but also the "coordinated" campaign of Harris, and all those damn 501-C4 organizations. There were so many people out there knocking on doors on weekends that they kept running into one another in the same turfs. I know this because I was canvassing for my county Democratic Party pusihng the entire slate, while the Harris volunteers were doing pretty much the same thing. There was also literature from those 501-C4 organizations littering the porches even before we got there. Very few people answer the door anymore in swing states and very few of them answer the telephone. The Republcan Party was actually more laid back and thus were less likely to annoy people. One of the best ways to lose votes in swing states is to annoy swing voters...some of whom will vote against the most annoying party with pleasure. and reep their just rewards. All those clueless volunteers would have been more successful if they just stayed home or simply dropped off slate cards listing the candidates and the issues and let them read the information and make their own decision on their own time.