2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Anyone here who directly benefited from or was the child of a middle class person during the 50s-70s [View all]PufPuf23
(8,764 posts)New Deal.
Why would you think that bit of history has any bearing to now?
The USA is a more egalitarian society regards to civil rights comparing 2016 to the 1930s-40s but there are obviously still favored social demographics. and much room for progress.
The USA is less egalitarian in 2016 than the 1930s-40s regards economic justice in general because of wealth and income being sucked into the top quartile with even greater concentration at the very top. The former predominantly American white working and middle classes of the 1950s and 60s has not shared relative gains but rather dropped in proportion and relative affluence while minorities and women have moved towards parity to the American white working and middle classes in education, opportunity, and pay.
Any legislation and program championed by Sanders or a social democrat in general will be inclusive and egalitarian.