Democrats no longer represent worker interests. They represent government interests. (Sanders, Barack Obama)

[Avondalist]

The Democrats have become the "government party", whose agenda is mainly set by the interests of those working in government. And the number one interest of the government party is to capture more tax money for government spending. Since government workers tend to be educated and white collar, the Democrats no longer have sympathy for the working class who are seen as distasteful and a burden. Workers agitate for tax revenue to be ploughed back into the people via redistribution, but government workers would prefer to spend the tax money on their own bureaucracies. According to government interests, transfer payments should be kept to the minimum that is politically possible, and the remainder of taxes should be spent on bureaucracy.

Government, rather than popular, interests explain why Barack Obama recently said he would speak out against Bernie Sanders. Sanders proposes to return the Democrats to representing worker interests, while Obama is in the government camp. Government interests explain the alliance between Democrats and the security and surveillance agencies, whereas in the past Democrats were suspicious of the security and surveillance agencies. Government interests explain why Democrats oppose school vouchers over the objections of minority constituents who support them, because school vouchers would mean less money and independence for the educational bureaucracy. And most glaringly, government interests explain the disdain Democrats have for the working class, the core of their former alliance, and they explain the pursuit of deindustrialization policies that hurt the working class.

The Republicans are split between plutocratic and popular interests, but I see that as a temporary state given the almost complete capture of the Democratic party by government interests. In a democracy, it's inevitable that the people's will is expressed, and - shockingly to me - it actually seems more likely that Republicans will become the popular party because the establishment faction of their alliance is weaker than the establishment faction of the Democrats.