You'll never get a fair "new deal," green or otherwise, from the same old ruling class

Unless they feel a little heat.

I'm not talking about the heat created by the rioting mobs. All that's going to do is bring down the wrath of the police state. 

As corrupted and dishevelled US democracy may be, it's still, so far, got the machinery of democracy in place. There remains the possibility of using that machinery for good, instead of leaving it in the hands of the corporate political professionals. That's how OAC got into Congress.

It takes a lot of grassroots work to overcome the advantage the billionaires bring to the fray.

Money.