As for a liberal populist movement, that’s technically a contradiction since liberalism historically is an elitist position despite all attempts to dress it up as an average person’s ideology. In reality what needs to happen is a push to the left in terms of social AND economic values. And I speak as someone born and raised in Kansas (in the US). The right wing here (especially the business right) has sucked the marrow from the bones of much of the midwest and great plains states to such an extent that many of the states in those regions are seeing sizable migrations out to the coastal states. I only wound up in Minnesota because it’s close enough and I could afford it. If I could’ve afforded moving to New York or California I would’ve done it in a heartbeat (and I may still do that considering how batty the Christians are in Minnesota).
Basically, the US is poised for another major shakeup of the political wings. We’ve seen the shift to the hard right nativist bull but the reality is that there’s still plenty of people who want to go hard left as well (like legitimate socialist left). So it’s really a question of organizing a takeover of state parties to see that happen. I doubt we’ll see such a change until 2020. 2018 might see some smaller offices taken over at the state level or maybe city level but I’d be surprised to see a genuine socialist in the House of Representatives before 2020. But I’ve been wrong in terms of the acceleration of change before. I thought Trump was going to be laughed out of the primaries but he won that and then won the Presidency. So, it’s really up in the air from what I can see.
