How the Democratic Party became a tool for Wall-Street

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And the problem with this is... what, exactly. The Democratic party is not a Labour party, or a 'Working man's' party. Indeed, its not even something so abstract (in the context of today) as a Social-Democratic party. Its a huge coalition, spanning across a wide range of groups in society; groups which one could, perhaps, argue are brought together largely due to the electoral system and their dislike of the chaps on the other side. The Democratic party has no obligation to serve the segment of the electorate fuzzily labeled 'working class'. It could just as easily be a party for bankers (not that it is of course). But, anyway, I digress; a political movement based on catering largely to the needs of the poorer members of society cannot work in today's world, if it ever worked at all (after all, the vast majority of left-wing parties in most countries have been markedly less radical in government than they promised to be in opposition, aside from a few exceptions). It cannot work by bullying those with wealth and security. Only by cooperating with those hold have means can any 'reform' be achieved. One also has to consider funding. To cut a long story short, the Democratic party needs the money that can be provided by those who are associated with big business and financial services, and, to be pretentious and paraphrase Harold Wilson, you can't kick your creditors in the balls.

Edit: I'm also not entirely sure as to why people are raising up the New Deal coalition as a model for future success, when one of the chief lynchpins of the New Deal Coalition was the near unanimous (at least during the coalition's heyday) support from white southerners, for whom one of the chief factor that united them in favour of the Democratic party was the latter's willingness to look the other way on their... unique... society. There is no way that bloc support can be replicated using a New Deal Coalition strategy in this day and age.

[Cassius]

Americans use the word boyo? Not that I've ever heard anyone younger than 70 use it, but still, who would have t'ought it?