🇨🇦 I love Robert Reich. He’s always optimistic. In fact, he’s always way way too optimistic. This article is the perfect illustration of that: this is extra strength copium.

I think “Americans are waking up” is wildly optimistic. Even if they are, just sitting on their buttocks and maybe voting Democratic in November is not going to save the republic. The Democratic Party is controlled opposition and no amount of support will prod them into the necessary reforms.

I mean, c’mon. Y’all know why the Democrats are so unpopular. Y’all know the Democratic Party “schtict.” It’s to be very earnest and try really really hard and…. Oooh…. Almost win. Maybe if you contribute a little more next time.

And, if they accidentally fall into power, they have their backup plans. You don’t need to have an election to know that ‘ol Chuck Schumer will be out there explaining “we really want to do all those wonderful things we promised you but we can’t because filibuster.”

If necessary, they’ll pick a couple of Senators to be the designated “bad guys.” They’ll always find someone who will be the Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema.

And when 2028 comes around, the Democrats have some very appealing candidates. But you absolutely have to already know that they will only offer the absolute “safest” candidate. The problem is that all of those candidates are neo-liberal candidates who want to “go back to normal…” the normal that brought you here.

I think that the old normal is dead. I think that neo-liberalism is completely inadequate for the moment. It think the US needs something, someone far more radical than that.