In Obama's world and in the series, politics as a struggle for power that involves working people does not exist. There is no real sense that all of the workers represented in the series who actually do something useful for society are agents of change. But they have it within us to make change by struggling with others for something better.
In this News Brief, we review the former President's new docuseries and his attempt to paper over class conflict in favor of a Simply Asking CEOs To Be Nicer brand of politics. With guest Maximillian Alvarez of The Real News.