What many of Bernie’s supporters don’t understand about our politics is that there are other forms of oppression besides economic inequality and that fighting for civil rights, women’s rights, and the rights of the LGBT community is the main reason that Democrats lost control of Congress, and that it is the loss of control of Congress, far more than corporate influence on Democrats, that is responsible for the inability of the US to reduce economic inequality.
I wouldn’t trade the Civil Right Acts or Roe or Obergefell for a $15.00 minimum wage today. And, that’s exactly the deal Democrats of my father’s generation and my own made. History will look back and say we were right to do so.
And Bernie is right that economic inequality is a core issue we must focus on today (even if it is isn’t the only one.)