https://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-takes-to-be-middle-class-middle-income-wealth-2024-5
“If we admit that we’re very class-based — which we really are — that reveals the uncomfortable truth that we’re not as democratic as we like to pretend to be, which is the heart and soul of this country,” he said. “If we’re not truly democracy, then what are we? That’s the whole justification for creating this country.”
finally, some honest fucking liberals
it’s like they’re close enough to taste it but not strong enough to follow through.
You’ll see more of that as the crises of capitalism intensify and become more frequent. You’ll see more reformist takes as they scramble to address the unaddressable pitfalls of late capitalism in order to prevent revolutionary responses from naturally emerging.