The problem isn't the presence of elders, it's the absence of any sort of age diversity.
There's just zero leadership within the Democratic establishment.
It's a party run by an entrenched, aging cadre of folks who have been around forever *because* they never made waves or rocked the boat.
I want to ask everyone a favor, & that is to please drop all assumptions that Democrats are making politically astute decisions that serve the best interest of Americans. That\u2019s not what\u2019s happening.
— Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed (@BreeNewsome) February 13, 2021
The problem isn't the presence of elders, it's the absence of any sort of age diversity.
The playbook is, be 2007 Obama without making any of the bold promises that millennials naively assumed 2007 Obama was making (explicitly and implicitly).
We've learned to want actual meat in terms of promises *and* in terms of action, and the Dem establishment is still hoping they can sell us Shepard Fairey poster platitudes.
They're just the most party loyal, the ones that displayed the least real leadership, risked the least for justice or positive change.
They're just bureaucrat lifers.
There's no grand plan beyond, retire in a coffin.
What scares me is that they simply aren't equipped to counter the inevitable next wave of white supremacist electoral populism.
They weren't equipped to handle this past one, and Trump very much isn't the end.
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