Also in America there is an unspoken attitude that being poor is a moral failing because of the narrative that all you need to succeed is “hard work and determination”. If you’re not rich you must be lazy.

Exactly. The Ds wanted to keep things the way they were, to the point they threw Biden in last minute in 2020 for the Ds to rally around. The Ds had a supermajority with Obama and they did jack shit with it. Unless they abandon the status quo stance they have they will continue to lose, which with Pelosi pushing the old guy over AOC shows they haven’t learned yet and will cling to the way things are until we boot them out with prejudice.

I prefer “even a blind squirrel finds a nut” A clock is guaranteed to be right at least once a day. Blind squirrels have no guarantee.