Ditto. Except I have come back to the Dems and am attempting to change them from the inside at the local level. My neighbor who is further left than me came back to the Dems years ago and that inspired me. He said that with the two party system, the corporations would just love it if we were snarky and cynical and not involved. I keep trying to convince myself that I need to keep showing up, This is hard. You might like my companion essay where I criticize the Democrats on the same issue.

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/why-dont-democrats-win-more-working-class-votes-b418fbe20604