You know Sanders' candidacy was basically the Thomas Franks theory put to the test and it didn't work out. I know some Sanderites will complain about "corruptio

You know Sanders' candidacy was basically the Thomas Franks theory put to the test and it didn't work out. I know some Sanderites will complain about "corruption" and "rigged election" (where have we heard this recently?). If you'll recall, before the first votes came in Iowa he was supposed to lead a "political revolution" because rather than appealing to coalition of interests and identity politics, he would cut across it all with universal class appeal and bring back. After the votes started coming in, it became clear that revolution never came and he was just another left wing politician, who couldn't get the numbers like all the others before him (Dean, Bradley, Brown, Jackson etc) Leftists always imagine that if they talk about class and nothing else it'll magically erase all other distinctions between their voters and they'll come to power. Maybe that works in other places, but not in America. If you're on the lower rungs of the social ladder and you get treated like shit and some politician offers you some extra cash/benefit, you know you're still gonna get treated like shit afterwards.