In another time, even, perhaps, quite recently, that might've been true. It is no longer an operative truism, in my opinion.
What do you think the various stimulus bills were all about? Where do you think that money has gone? Quite apart from your run-of-the-mill daily doses of vice, venality, graft and corruption that these scoundrels (and worse) partake of, things have been rearranged on the deck of the Titanic to insure continued operability regardless (or perhaps because of) of circumstances or personnel.
For the Left (and that includes the apparatus that purports to govern us), this is their perceived end-game. They feel they have the numbers, power and influence to pull this off, and the money angle is deemed their ultimate social lubricant to make sure that the proper skids have been greased properly.
No, the Dems aren't particularly worried about their current/future lot in life, at least politically. The current situation is win/win for them. Should the populace remain docile enough, why it's no problem, and certainly no water off their backs. On the other hand, should things deteriorate and go south, they'll be gone faster than a $100 bill within easy reach of a hooker.
Remember, we here on this board are the well-informed, and our numbers are relatively small in the overall scheme of things, although I hope those numbers are increasing due to the current state of affairs. To be successful, should circumstances dictate an alternative approach to political realities, we'd have to reach a critical mass of 35% - 40% of the adult population before we can even begin to think of success.
In this instance, our enemy isn't really the left, it's the institutional torpor of "the middle" that has to be overcome. And that may be most difficult to accomplish, as that political mass rarely, if ever, is moved to action by anything but the most extreme antagonism.
The current Mafioso may indeed provide the stimulus (!) for such antagonism, but until such time as it shows promise of manifesting, it's presumptuous to feel that way, or rely on it.
CA....
Your statements are well taken as well as also confirmed in my mind. I just threw out a remote possibility.