If Bernie Sanders really wants to make his “revolution” a reality, he’s going to have to do two very improbable things. First, he has to overcome the checks and balances inherent in our political system that are designed to make radical change very difficult. Second, he’s going to have to persuade white working people and minorities to put aside their differences and work together in their shared economic self-interest to overthrow the capitalist barons and create the long-awaited American Jerusalem.
To that end, logically, Sanders should be out doing everything he can to: (a) persuade the Democratic Party to become more openly accepting of white working culture (e.g., don’t be so hostile to religion, patriotism, and guns); and (b) convince poor white nationalists that voting with poor minorities against the wealthy is in their best interests. It sounds impossible, and it probably is, but my point is that Sanders isn’t even trying. He appears to think that all he has to do is propose government spending programs that will benefit working people of all colors, and everyone will fall into line.
Centuries of history say he’s wrong about that. Personally, I would bet the ranch on it. The Democratic Party is first and foremost a coalition of victims, and class is only a small part of that.