I've been thinking about how out of touch the Democrats and Neoliberals truly are. Especially in this day in age, all they are capable of doing is moaning about irrelevant issues that nobody (outside of their gated communities) gives a Frenchman's fuck about. Online, you can see this sperging with social justice warriors. In real, you can see this sperging by elitists at university campuses and it's even in government.
Since when was the issue of homosexuality, abortion, social justice something that affected the depleting working class? These are all nice positive liberties to have, sure, but they're not a priority. In fact, a lot of these issues focusing on "minorities" don't benefit 99% of people. This has lead to a negligence on more important issues like security, the economy and the protection of negative liberties. When the Democrats complain about a lack of freedom, they're not talking about the constitution being ignored. They're talking about issues that they pull out of thin air, such as transgender bathrooms. That's not to say you can't promote these things, but they shouldn't be the only things you believe in. The election of Barack Obama proved this, you can mix more important issues like economics, security and freedom with less important ones and win in a landslide victory with 70 million votes (twice). Hillary Clinton ran on a platform of bullshit, and she received significantly less votes than Barack Obama. Policy is important.
It's not only the policies that don't affect the working class that make you out of touch, it's the genuine distaste there is towards the average person from the upper echelons of the Democratic Party. You can see this with her recent comments, which she called traditionally working class areas racist, sexist and backwards in general. Disgusting. She deserves to break her wrist in a bathtub. Hillary Clinton isn't just wrong, she's significantly wrong. The average person isn't racist, sexist or backwards. They're against those things as much as the next guy. Just because they don't consider trannies an important issue doesn't make them hate minorities. Demeanor is important.
Since when did the average person give a shit about being transgender at 4 years old? Since when did the average person give a shit about a foul word being used online? Since when did the average person complain about minute bullshit in their life to a hugbox full of weirdos?
If you want victims. They're the working class. They're victim of a system which has put them between a hard rock and a hard place. There's no economic progression going on. It's frankly the opposite. Since the late 1980's, wages have stagnated, debt (both personal and public) has increased significantly. People don't feel destitute, they are destitute.
If Democrats and Neoliberals want to start winning again, they need to run on issues that matter. I'm no socialist, but Bernie would have won.