The Heron Vok Crumb of Capitalism

This is also precisely where the democratic party's commitment to conventionality poses such a threat, writes Julian Zelizer. Both parties are parties of capital, and that still supersedes other contradictions, he says. We should use this opportunity to explain what an economic system organized around other values would look like, said Zelizer. The workers who are most important in terms of what they actually do, are so often valued so little under capitalism, he adds.