[smhost]

That was long before capitalism had corroded and hollowed out all of our public institutions. I'm referring to what some people mean when they say that we changed from being a society that has markets to being a market society. If you think that it's just a matter of Congress wielding unlimited power because it says so in a document, my question is how are you going to build the kind of political coalition to make that into a reality? In a society as hollowed out as ours, our entire conception of what the role of politics is will have to change.

[Spooky23]

Look at early 20th century American politics. We went from total domination by the trusts to the progressive era, to the disturbing Wilson (pre and postwar) to the new deal period.

IMO, we are witnesses to a historical tipping point that will usher in the next era.

[smhost]

Each of those moves to the left were made possible only by a very angry and mobilized coalition of communists, socialists, trade unionists, and other desperate working-class people. Nothing like that exists currently, and also we never had to contend with a hostile digital media empire. Just look at what happened with Trump's impeachment, compared to what would've happened at any other point in history.

Corrupt oligarchs are also capable of learning from the past.

[Spooky23]

I watched 3000 people march past my house in a city of 100,000 this summer. And remember those “deplorable” people who fell for the Trump speil are still disaffected and still have no prospects.

Society is a powder keg. A spark can come from anywhere.