2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)Kudos for trying to turn a red state blue.
However, and I'm being perfectly sincere, if all efforts to challenge the corporate status quo since 1980 had not met with such stubborn resistance by the corporate Dems (and I use that term deliberately, in contrast to the more moderate liberals and populist Democrats) this division would not exist -- or would be inconsequential.
Many people who you think are divisive malcontents, were thrilled when Bill Clinton was elected....and again when Obama was elected. At their best they ran on stated principles we believe in...The problem generally happened afterward. And -- without going into details -- it wasn't merely because of necessity because of the GOP.
Neither of us has the tome to go into that in detail here. But the "divisiveness" you refer to is not a one-way street.