The most disheartening thing about this is the system is so broken it can never be salvaged. Elected officials will never truly be for the common man. Populism is a rhetorical device to get votes with no desire to do any of the proposals.
The republican upper class only cares about their wealth. The republican voters are so galvanized by bigotry, religion, immigration, and racism that they'll never hold the party accountable for anything really. Most fall in line and vote republican.
The democrats would do what they did to Bernie to any candidate that had a populist message and intended to deliver on the promises. They also serve the donors like the republican officials but they don't have stuff like racism, bigotry, religion, and immigration to keep their voters loyal.
Corruption and legalized bribes mean nothing will ever get done to really help people. The democrats will continue to fail and that failure drove people into the arms of a mad man.
People who say they love this country voted in a man that tried to dismantle its founding principles.
Things will never get better.