If politics is now just a series of reality TV shows, then binge-watchers have probably seen some combative characters yelling “abundance” and “oligarchy” on the depressing new season of Democrats In Disarray.
The argument between the two sides is a new version of an old conflict about what out-of-power Democrats should identify as America’s central problems. Should the party declare that government, bureaucracy, and messy democratic institutions are the creators of scarcity and obstacles to abundance? Or should the party assert that corporate predators, billionaires, and organized money are the villains?
And will this debate fracture the Democratic coalition ahead of the midterms and the next presidential election?
