There is a silver lining from last week’s elections for progressives. How so?
1. People (can) matter more than money. Hillary Clinton raised more money than any candidate in the history of elections: she still lost to Trump’s populist appeal.
2. The media is not all powerful. The corporate media nearly unanimously united behind Clinton for the last several months of the campaign, but failed. Either Americans reflexively distrust what they see, hear, or read on CNN/Fox, NPR/AM radio, the Washington Post/USA Today, or they make their own judgments on issues. Either one is a small victory for progressives whose causes are often opposed by corporate and mainstream media.
