This whole article is great. I could quote the entire thing. Instead, I’ll ask that you read it.

It summarizes many currents of American society and the neoliberal Democrats succinctly and without apparent anger — something I wouldn’t have been able to pull off.

I’d been thinking about how racism is institutional and systemic in nature, but no Democrat, plutocrat or member of the executive class is racist — no, it’s all those “deplorables” who happen to be working class and in charge of nothing who are somehow causing all this institutional racism at the highest levels of power. It’s like a miracle!

And this.

In a material sense, enlightened liberal Barack Obama oversaw the near total destruction of Black wealth, a foreclosure crisis that continues to eviscerate communities of color and the elevation of the most predatory of capitalist institutions— Wall Street. The liberal chide that Mr. Obama’s (and Hillary Clinton’s) critics are racists posits an ethereal realm where intentions matter and factual outcomes don’t. Self-righteous liberals claim moral superiority based on their outcome-free intentions with social disintegration as their product.

The noises you make matter to the technocratic dominant elite of the Democratic party. What you actually do does not. Don’t hire black people? You’re not racist — you can’t be because you don’t believe in welfare queens and you didn’t join the KKK! What you actually do is irrelevant since all your external signals are aligned with the dominant narrative.

Here’s what I’ve often said and still believe strongly even after Trump’s unfortunate election: the Democrats will still stab you and take your wallet, just like the Republicans. The main difference is that the Dems will apologize profusely before and after doing it and maybe even throw a bandage at you as they sprint away while counting the money.

The Republicans will instead tell you up front, “You had this coming.” And then after they stab you they’ll say, “Loser. That you’re so weak as to get stabbed proved you deserve it.”

Results: same.