“the rank and file seem pretty oblivious.”
seems that some of the rank and file want the democrats to nationalize the oil companies; new source of income for social programs.
My question to them would be, the politicians, democrats in particular, have run up an incredible national deficit...what sort of amazing expertise in running oil industries do they believe the politicians have that leads them to believe they will do better than those who actually know the oil industry? That central control of industry really worked well for the Soviet Union.