What is not talked about or acknowledged is that what you’ve described is how many Americans live. Then and today. Possibly moreso today. There’s such a small percentage of people living the American Dream. And while there used to be a huge middle class which had a taste of it and a realistic shot at catching it if they worked hard and planned well, that’s no longer true. Our middle class is being squeezed out. A recent study showed that over 80% of Americans are either in poverty or just at the brink.
Democracy is a wonderful ideal. But when practiced with capitalism, it’s doomed to morph into corruption and oligarchy.
I know that the middle class in the US has been squeezed out in the last few decades :/ I told you once that I hoped you guys elect Bernie Sanders who was talking about restoring the middle class. He basically wanted to implement the Scandinavian model. I dunno though if he would have been allowed to change things for the better.
I don't think democracy in its purest form can exist.
Obama’s hands were tied and he was a centrist. Sanders would have been completely paralyzed. But it’s all moot. Even if Bernie had won the primary, the election was fixed. Between the Russians and the wonky electoral college, Trump was inserted and that’s how it was designed. He didn’t win. Yet here we are...