Well, CG, we have disagreed on some things in the past, and I "sort of" disagree with you on Trump. I do not think he is quite the evil lemming you think he is, I have a much greater loathing for Clinton, Sanders and all their cronies. There has been so much sabotage of Trump by both sides, neither wanting him to hang on, that I see him as an outsider, and he really was speaking what he thought the avg joe was thinking. His inability to get anything moving is because he does not wheedle, deal and make special arrangements in backrooms , I believe he is a "deal is a deal" kind of guy who will take every advantage any rule or law, or smart crooked lawyer can give him. Right now, aside from Trey Gowdy, there is 0 people in public life I would want to see as President. I wont give a dime to either Party, under any circumstances. I am hoping the Convention of States will break both parties into little pieces so we can start over with real people wanting to do a nasty job for 4 or 6 years and go home.

"Democrat is sort of figuring out they are not Democrats anymore"
Yes. It remains to be seen if the Democrats will be more neo-liberal (like Clinton) or more socialist (like Sanders).

"if it ever gets picked up and understood, will open the door to more radical socialist "workers parties""
Or they might become Republicans. One party could end up being the party of gov't activism and the other for laissez faire.

I don't have a sense for what will happen because it seems Republicans and Democrats claim to be so divided, but they actually have minor policy differences and end up just hoping to catch the other side on a technicality accidentally breaking the law.

"Trump just spoke plainly to most people and said what they were thinking, "
I actually think he said things that most people find offensive, causing him to get millions fewer votes than Clinton, despite Clinton being an unpopular establishment candidate. I think some people who voted for him based on issues like Obamacare lied to pollsters because they didn't want to be associated with his disgusting antics. I see him as an attention seeker. When he's going this issue you and this article point out will still be there.

BTW, I'm one of those neo-liberals or tech optimists Mr. Ethington is talking about. I think America is great and far from "the unimaginable heights of moral bankruptcy." It really remains to be seen if the Democrats will be the party for tech optimists like me or for Ethingtons. Either way doesn't hurt/help me. I'll go to Democrat or Republican fundraisers. I just want see liberty prevail.