2016 Postmortem

He talked about the difference between liberals and progressives, said progressives are liberal on combating sexism, racism, and homophobia. "But you have many 'liberals' who are not progressive when it comes to taking on Wall Street, or fighting for a trade policy that works for American workers. So what I think progressivism is about is accepting all of the fights that liberals have engaged in, to create a diverse society, a non-racist society, but at the same time, what a progressive stands for is understanding that this country, in many respects, is moving toward an oligarchic form of society, and that you have a handful of billionaires who control our economic and political life, and if you are not prepared to engage in that struggle, well, I don't think you're doing serious politics."

Okay, I'm stupid. Who are these liberals embracing oligarchy? Is this another "Why didn't Democrats stop (in this case the billionaires) from ruining America"? Why are trade policies always bad? So "liberal" means "identity politics" but otherwise same as Republicans because they hug oligarchy tightly in a passionate embrace? Do progressives think only they know what's been going on in the economy since the '70s? I don't get it, my struggle.