Thanks to excerpts from Secular Talk, I learned of an Intercept interview where Ralph Nader addresses the decline of the Democratic Party in the USA, sharing his deep insight in great detail. While the poor performance of the Dems is most obvious in recent years, he traces its roots to the 1970s.
As illustrated in the interview, the fundamental flaws of US politics today are difficult to root out. There are many lessons to be learned here, in the US and elsewhere.
One quote of many: (deliberately out of context – read through the article!)
[A] soft tone, smiling … You can say terrible things and do terrible things as long as you have [that] type of presentation.
IT and politics 