“when the Democrats were the working man’s party”
Sorry Kurt, you’r off base with this one.
D’s were, ALWAYS have been, and always will be about POWER.
Do what we say or else, has been their way since the beginnig.
Labor Union thugs and Union Dues were why they were “Pro Labor”. Power in Numbers- Lots of Union Members back in the day.
Then they went to Race, with Victimhood as a weapon, all the while with The Threat of Violence.
Now they turn to Immigrants again. Again, power in numbers and the threat of Violence.
No Dem has won an election with a majority of legitimate Citizen votes in many, many decades.
It’s all been a Grift for Power and Money.
I agree with most of your post—just one addition I would make.
The Democrats operate on the “pressure from above, pressure from below” concept.
The “pressure from above” is billionaire funding of non-profits, total control of the mass media and the universities and think tanks.
The “pressure from below” includes their terrorist wing (Antifa, BLM, other “mostly peaceful activists”).