i'm not disagreeing with your basic premise. i'm saying look at the people today. why are we even talking about M4A. 10 yrs ago it would've been nuts to bring it up. we would've called you a green party socialist kook. now its a progressive dem party move and we're for the most part in agreement thats its a necessity. The only hold outs are republicans and older dems. thats it. i'm not going to count corporate dems. we already know what they're talking about. they might as well be republicans in regards to economic issues.
The entire mechanism of American Life is built on profit seeking and worshipping the elite at any or all costs.
It's possible that one day - people will vote in their best interests but I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.