No where near enough, if any. But that has no relevance when those who are and do make it into politics are quickly turned into elitist politicians or silenced.

This has been a cycle for decades when it came to those claiming to have been poor or middle class family structured who spoke of confronting the system. Once they are in you usually hear little from or about them again. Now days they have managed to stifle this. See, they had an answer to those coming from a real sense of a social family structured background.

In AOC's case, she was falsely promoted as someone who came from a lower to middle class background. And still today most don't know her real background because their perception of her was managed by the media and establishment falsely. And when you attempt to expose this you're attacked in and by various conditioned false narratives.

Obama's managed perception isn't far off from this scenario either. And many don't know his first campaign was largely funded by a major billionaire with ties to the weapons corporations. His background was managed to be a relatively societal lawyer with a great concern for community support and work. We are to believe he just quickly became so good within a short time in Illinois politics he was great enough to become a president in such short time also. He shot from nowhere towards the end of Bush's last term to stardom as both parties and the media began a perception management campaign into the public eye using the media. Just so happening to gather this billionaires support? Please!

This is why so many people running for office today come from a military background. The establishment and media can use military family glorification as a means to promote a conditioned perception of these people, or a children from within who's career is based off of being a military brat which a corporation gave favor to, that draws off the patriot narrative. I covered this in 2018 as some 18 or 19 X military or intelligence type became candidate in that mid cycle. That's just the democrat side. Like these people would make good progressives, as some falsely claimed, or left leaning seat holders. If I remember right, it was 9 or 11 of them having won. We don't hear much from them now as they seemingly must be voting in support of establishment policies they spoke against. Because we sure the hell aren't getting anything different from the left representatives. It's the same ole sad song and dance from the same handful of fake spoken socialist or progressives.

@William_Mary Basically you are saying that for the foreseeable future there is little chance of any real change ... which means thatthe USA will follow the decline of all empires. The real question is how long it takes. But I think global warming will accelerate the end much quicker.

@altschmerz Well impressive how many came from being poor. But why then has elitism flourished under them?

@altschmerz OK, OK. Too many questions form.

@rogerbenham that would be correct. Presently I don't see, even with this reality beating us over the head, any major changes coming soon. There are simply to many people still captured within the propaganda and the conditioning it creates.

Climate change will force many into large metropolitan areas with over crowding, deaths to many in certain areas that can't escape.