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The insider/outsider dynamic goes a long way toward illustrating exactly why it is that Democratic politicians are so reluctant to confront their [ostensible] adversaries.
Regardless of the numbers in terms of Republicans and Democrats holding elected office, the U.S. political agenda is firmly anchored in conservative, neoconservative and Fascist dogma. The policies manifest from that agenda directly benefit all members of the governing class (i.e. insiders), including the wealthy Democratic politicians who, like their Republican siblings, are savvy PR frauds who have convinced voters that they are something else entirely: well-intentioned defenders of the public good. But public has nuthin' to do with nuthin'.
Such is life in a kleptocracy.
