The Democratic party sold out to big business. They have been paid to fill the role of containing populism and leftist policies and to focus attention on social wedge issues, and putting up faux resistance to the right’s economic agenda. You saw this with Obama when the Democrats had control and passed the Republican healthcare plan from the 90’s without even any kind of public option at the very least.
The Democratic party used to be the party of unions and the working class. They would push for progressive taxation to fund investments in the American people so that we had equality of opportunity, and people could fight for the American dream. This isn’t the case anymore—it’s on pretending to be the party for the working class. Nancy Pelosi’s net worth is ~$120 million. Feinstein’s net worth is ~$80 million and her husband is a billionaire, the Clintons have a combined net worth of $125 million. The party is now the party of socially liberal multi-millionaires. They are chasing 6–7 figure checks instead of 2–3 figure checks from the masses.
Please don’t interpret this as me saying I like the Republicans. Trickle-down economics has been a disaster for this country. Slashing our social safety net and our investments in the American people to pay for tax cuts is like a company that fires it’s research and development team and uses the extra money to bonus its executives. It may feel fun in the short term, but that company is on borrowed time, especially if they’re financing those bonuses with loans too.
The reason I see the Democrats as the main problem though is that they’re supposed to be the ones fighting for the working class. It’s like when you have a corrupt police force and lots of crime. The criminals are always going to be there, but if the cops aren’t doing their job, then the problem will never get solved until they’re replaced.