The Dems aren't Left. They're corporatist servants. They serve the war machine and the big oil machine and the big banks just as the GOP does, except that they're less obvious about it. The system distracts you from what's actually happening which is the ultra-rich screwing you and everyone else they can with the aid of their bought-and-paid-for politicians. The charade that is US democracy is a game to occupy and mollify the populace. It's the "circus". Don't be distracted by the shadow puppets. Look at who is prospering and who is falling into or has fallen into poverty. Look at what is being destroyed in the natural world by the endless lust for more and more money. The rest is just noise.