WESTMINSTER — MacLean Gander seems strangely oblivious to the gutting of the middle class over the past few decades, largely at the hand of urban elites too happy to blame their victims for not being cool enough.
But the same people he derides here voted for Obama twice. And Obama progressively betrayed them.
Ten years after the crash of 2008, it has been widely noted that most of the country has yet to recover. That was Obama's failure and the reason voters rejected business as usual in both parties in 2016.
That was an assertion of democracy, not privilege, and it should be hailed. It was a rejection of the sense of privilege that makes sure Wall Street (and the war industry) thrives, no matter the cost to Main Street.