The state is always in service of the ruling class. This much is beyond evident in the U.S. as the semblance of democracy that took shape over the expansion of

The state is always in service of the ruling class. This much is beyond evident in the U.S. as the semblance of democracy that took shape over the expansion of the American empire erodes. And regardless, you would have to have a democracy, which is to say at minimum circumstances in which “a representative who favours a higher min. wage” could democratically run in the first place. The U.S. has nothing even close.