2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: New Loras Poll: Sanders does better with better educated, more liberal Democrats. [View all]AOR
(692 posts)I really don't care about what wins elections for the Democratic Party. I care what happens to the people on the ground and solidarity among workers. The kind of elitist garbage being spewed in this thread is a common theme among the Democratic Party activist apparatus whether they be for Clinton or Sanders. Everything is geared to these upscale educated, professional class, yuppified philistines who don't have an ounce of solidarity with those beneath their social station. That is what "lip-service" means.
As a friend once said --" The Democratic Party leadership hangs out a sign - we welcome the downtrodden, the "uneducated",the poor, and the persecuted. But then when the people actually show up, they start complaining bitterly about the mud being tracked on their elegant imported carpet. They should take down that sign, or get rid of that damned carpet." But they won't, not until and unless they are forced to. Forcing them to would take outside pressure, and outside pressure means organizing outside of the party, and organizing outside of the party means basing the movement on ideas that are universal and resonate with and redress the grievances and respond to the needs of ALL working people, not merely pander to the whims, prejudices and preferences of an "enlightened" few.