I am hopeful of this as a theory. I admit to being curious if there are any historical allegories to this.

Not sure what shit you been seeing the Democrats do, so I’d love a list. What I see them doing is capitulating to some of the worst changes in American democracy since the 1930s.

It’s from his sub stack. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-would-democrats

Also readable here: https://www.rsn.org/001/what-would-democrats-be-doing-now-if-they-got-up-off-their-asses.html