Over the last 35 years, I concur. My point is that there was a moment when representing voters’ concerns was a serious, ethical and possible course of action. There may have been an inevitability regarding money’s corrupting power, but there COULD have been a moment when the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution could not survive the onslaught of a politicized corporate agenda. If that road had been taken, Bernie Sanders would be a moderate, and Donald Trump would be seen for the ass-hat he has always been.
I also commonly claim '92 as a major turning point, only to be schooled on the long road that came before. But these "points" are subjective and relative.
There is also a case to be made for 1949, Dulles, and the birth of the CIA as a turning point.
So ideals fall in some order or randomly.
But the systemic capture of US democracy by plain private interests is certainly a big event, and I still say we have it right in 1992.
Over the last 35 years, I concur. My point is that there was a moment when representing voters’ concerns was a serious, ethical and possible course of action. There may have been an inevitability regarding money’s corrupting power, but there COULD have been a moment when the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution could not survive the onslaught of a politicized corporate agenda. If that road had been taken, Bernie Sanders would be a moderate, and Donald Trump would be seen for the ass-hat he has always been.
I also commonly claim '92 as a major turning point, only to be schooled on the long road that came before. But these "points" are subjective and relative.
There is also a case to be made for 1949, Dulles, and the birth of the CIA as a turning point.
So ideals fall in some order or randomly.
But the systemic capture of US democracy by plain private interests is certainly a big event, and I still say we have it right in 1992.
1992 and then 2008 proved invaluable for neutering Team D.