call for a physical, political from the top down and manned from the grassroots revolution, that at this point is currently occuring from the Right, not the Left.
They want something exciting and simplistic, at which will allow them to go to their default state of 'forgettaboutit.' I saw this when Obama was elected in 2008 and he begged his voters to get involved for grassroots change. I talked to a number of Democrats who voted for him who were convinced their job was done already and they could sit back and enjoy utopia.
My experience is that the simplistic answers literally kill people who are vulnerable and don't fit their mold. They point to how their solution will take care of everything... in due time... but people only have the here and now. Life is extinquished by the radical simplicity they seek to impose to match their doctrines... and it has. I know their names.
Those little piecemeal programs and some bigger ones, all supported by Democrats and not by other brands, save lives now. The other brands disdain these solutions. Most people seem to deny that there has always been an entrenched oligarchy in this country, that was here before the American Revolution. Their land was given to them by the King of England. Some moved on, some lost their land for other reasons, but the others are still here. Wall Street existed over a century before the Revolution or the Constitution. It was where George Washington was inaugurated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street
These oligarchs didn't go anywhere, and their descendents have a mindset that sees things very much at variance with what Democrats have thought since the New Deal. They believe we are an unfortunate, temporary aberration from what they see the world as. This is the firm backdrop that those who are elected find themselves repeatedly pitted against and have had to make accommodations with. This is not corruption, it is historical reality.
Yet Obama is called a sell-out for recognizing this reality. Like the ACA was what he spent most of his political capital on, as a beginning. Yet it's not good enough, we all know UHC is best and that provision is in the plan, but left up to the states for the grassroots to make their state houses and legislatures change.
Canadians have said it took them 20 years to evolve from the same sort of system we have with the ACA and years of political battles, that some aren't willing to do here. So they just point fingers at Democrats, saying if someone had just listened and obeyed *their* doctrine, there would be no problem. Their denial falls within the realm of fantasy, as without grassroots and sadly, not of the kind that meets up and high fives each other in the streets (I've been there, too) but takes many mentally, financially, emotionally draining days to keep the current New Deal idea alive and looking for solutions to adapt to a changing mindscape. Our kind are obviously dying out.
Even Medicare and Medicaid is not good enough, if it leaves many without the means to pay the differences, and it does. Only UHC covers all. Some people are priced out of healthcare, and it's not Obama's fault. He put a system in place that allowed UHC to come from the states. Many states did not embrace it, some denied it totally and even destroyed their traditional Medicaid programs, others messed with it to deny coverage, but others went with the goodwill intended.
In regards to minimum wage going up to $10 or $15 o $20 or more an hour, those demand it should be even higher, so forgettabout, discount the real lives impacted. There are some taking credit for these changes, but are dishonest about the Democratic Party input in those areas, as it is not their brand.
Anyway, I must go and long live the BOG! Because our focus when he leaves the presidency can be his international work and work in America for racial equality, to fulfill the dreams of so many millions before him.
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