Again, this is a shallow, facile claim that ignores how power actually operates in reality.
The executive is where the billionaire class’ interests are most entrenched. To quote a passage from my most recent installment of this series:
A member of the elite, Trump’s populism rings hollow, but the message “drain the swamp” resonates with voters.
There is a swamp. It’s the revolving door of bankers and hedge fund managers that each successive administration puts in charge of policing their own golf buddies: Hank Paulson, Timothy Geithner, Steve Mnuchin, etc.
A socialist would be more likely than anyone else to break this toxic cycle. A socialist isn’t going to put a former employee of Goldman Sachs in charge of regulating Goldman Sachs
When it comes to appointments that affect economic policy, presidents have a tendency to pick people who are actively hostile to the interests of working people. For example, Trump’s NLRB head represented Amazon in a union-busting case.
“Unity in the White House” and “bipartisanship” means installing Republicans (Ben Bernanke) in positions of authority (The Fed) in order to perpetuate the same status quo and corrupt practices that birthed the financial crisis.
