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I would say that if his name was Whitey McBlandon, he probably would not be a progressive reformer to begin with, but ultimately, it is all about power.

they're throwing all the money and media influence they have at the problem, so it could never be free or fair in the first place

we will not make our way out of authoritarianism without a massive rebuild of the democratic party and the pressure needs to be utterly relentless or we are genuinely lost

I'm sorry, "abundance"

incorrect

Two words: French Revolution

They should also know that eventually, the people using their money and influence will want it all for themselves. When the middle class runs out of money, this administration will turn on them.

That’s 100% what’s slowing this down. They have all the resources to help with a general strike, but won’t. They are clinging to their STUFF over PEOPLE. They’re how we got here in the first place. What do they think’s going to happen when this all collapses? And it most certainly will.

correct they'll take fascism over even a fractional shift of power toward consumers or labor

And yet another alternative is heads on pikes, but it seems they didn’t think that one through?

And they never really understood the point of Obama’s line about how he was standing between the oligarchs and the pitchforks. They can allow incremental FDR-like progress, or they can enable the next Robespierre with their selfish intransigence.

Exactly - and it is a pure distillation which is why it’s powerful. “Genuine progressive populist reform” is a great description of what is needed - and it’s important to reshape those terms in folks’ minds away from the mainstream disparagement and into what they really stand for…

One of the arms of corporate control (the Democratic Party) is a shambles with the popular appeal of a dog turd in the rain and part of the populace it held in its thrall is starting to get ideas to abandon neoliberalism entirely. Terrifying if you're money.

As someone who has paid attention to the issue ever since living in the Muslim world in the 1990s, it is also very much compounded by the American establishment’s Islamophobia. The reaction of even some Democrats to Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to the 3rd Circuit was shameful.

This would make sense