2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If HRC IS nominated, she will HAVE to get every Sanders voter behind her to win... [View all]Kentonio
(4,377 posts)Where the decline has been is in both economic equality and in how the political system itself operates. Money has become everything in politics, and until Sanders managed to find a way to get those remarkable small donations in, it was common knowledge that without huge donors you had no way to seriously effect change.
This focus on social progress is hugely important but if you ignore the other areas where people are suffering and being disenfranchied then you only see half the picture, and don't get a real understanding for why so many people are unhappy and dissatisfied. The same people raging from the left about these things are the same ones that were on the front lines fighting for social progress. It's important to recognize that to get a real understanding of what is happening at the moment.