Thomas Frank admonishes, 'Listen, Liberal!' How the Democratic Party failed

[@mondrian9870]

What a great presentation. More than four years later and this still resonates so strongly.

[@tla2001]

The postmortem of the 2016 election.... 8 months in advance.

[@chrismcdevitt7814]

Yeah Tim the DNC can save themselves a lot of money on a 2016 election analysis by just reading Thomas Frank's book.

[@Kallindril]

Yep.

[@davidrapalyea7727]

I voted Trump because he drives exactly all the right people barking dog mad. Presidents don't last but Supreme Court justices do. We are now up by three justices over Hillary. We will not be up four because Badf Meinhoff Ginzberg is already un dead.

[@chriss1693]

Thomas Frank is a genius

[@davidrapalyea7727]

Blue State one party California boasts a dozen Big Techs that vacuum cash from the entire planet. Plunder on a Roman Empire scale sucked into an area 50 miles wide extending from La Jolla to above Marin County. These companies do not benefit Republicans so much as they have been entirely captured by their Democrat oeners and employees. Republicans limited the Plutocrat's mortgage deductions. Democrafs never did that.

[@ThisbeandPyramus]

Fantastic. Love the book too.

[@bradkohl6283]

Can we talk about the horrid trade policies we have entered into under a Democratic Administration. We know they were Republican Policies yet a Democrat passed that crap!

[@samueltractorton2088]

I could listen to Thomas Frank all day.

[@chrismcdevitt7814]

Something tells me Thomas Frank will be making the rounds on TV again since he saw this coming.

[@spirosmanisalis3463]

The truth cuts through butter like a hot knife

[@MrHarveyrex23]

Bernie Sanders is an old school FDR new dealer and a throwback to a Democratic Party that no longer exists

[@corryburton2660]

no hes not.... you should do some studying, furthermore, FDR, created the new deal to get the black vote which he did, while having dixiecrats all over his white house...Sanders is an open supporter of historical communists....research for yourself.... do not use obviously political sites

[@ermingtonplumbing442]

Bernie is to the Right of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who presided over a 90% top tax rate for billionaires!

[@garychurch9237]

Solidarity is when everyone makes sure everyone has enough....while a meritocracy is when the best make sure they get almost everything.

[@joecaner]

Complexity is not fraud. It's sophisticated fraud.

[@HiHello-wz6bx]

Amazing quote

[@gevdarg]

Amen on 2008 and 2009. I tell people all the time that it was how the Wall Street Bailouts were handled that we all figured we were being played, undeniably and irrevocably.

[@PortlandsTransport]

Fantastic is right!

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Would someone please place a box o' tissue on the podium?!? Geesh...

[@DougGrinbergs]

6:30 ...whatever happened to the party of the people?

[@garychurch9237]

He should be the president.

[@JeaneAdix]

Why does this make me so angry?

[@hcwcars1]

Slick Willy

[@s0000]

This sounds like an excerpt from Andrew Yang's book, "The War on Normal People".

[@corryburton2660]

equality is useless unless we're free......everyone in Venezuela is equal.... equally poor....equality of opportunity is forgotten.....equality of outcome is evil...

[@turtlelucy]

Mr. Frank, you fail to mention Bernie Sanders. His priority is a more equitable distribution of wealth. He is a supporter of most of the things you mention as being traditional Democratic Party concerns. He is a supporter of unions and a minimum wage which is livable. He has a big tent, which is welcoming to all. Hillary Clinton has been chosen as the nominee of the Democrats, but I won't be voting for her. I wish you had mentioned Bernie.

[@alaksandu1177]

If you look into some of his other talks around this time, I think you'll pleasantly be surprised to find he does mention Bernie, especially when the questions bring it up (usually always the first one from what I've watched). I hope you check it out to see if your wish comes true.

[@turtlelucy]

Thanks, Owen! I'll be sure and do that. I do love KZbin!!!

[@frepi]

I don't think Frank considers Bernie Sanders as a member of the liberal class as he defines it. Sanders is closer to Roosevelt, which puts far to the left away from the Clintonite liberals.

[@ermingtonplumbing442]

He doesn't need to mention Bernie,...the DNC shut him out of Contention. The privileged technocrats that controll all the supposed "left leaning" parties of the west will continue to war with those that Think "Left leaning" parties should be primarily represent the interests of the working class and the poor,....the vast majority of the population in all the western Democracies. The leadership of all these parties have been taken over by the Professional class careeist toadies of coporate Plutocracy. They won't give up their power without a fight.

[@corryburton2660]

Bernie supported every communist in his career while honeymooning in the USSR and saying people lining up for food because they were starving in Venezuela was a good thing....