So long as there are the poor and disadvantaged, those struggling to stay alive, those whom the elite see as fodder for their machine, they will have a champion able to promise solutions that can never be delivered except at the expense of those fortunate enough to have achieved the means by which they are able to survive. The elite class never gives to any cause without recognition. To provide jobs with a decent wage is beneath their dignity for it makes the worker too self-sufficient. The ruling class would prefer a feudal system wherein their needs are met by the hands of serfs. In that respect, it is no different from socialism/communism. There have been known instances of the wealthy business owner providing for the needs of his workers; but this is rare. It is more often the case of the corporate leaders stealing off the backs of the worker and consumer. I see not a socialist state emerging in this country. Everyone knows that won't work including the socialists. They only use the ideology as a means to an end. And the end is total dictatorship with everyone in the ruling class fighting for the top bunk. Personally, I think the top bunk is filled; and we on the bottom are about to be crapped on.