12. We laugh about all the right-wing welfare publications, but the whole Democratic party is welfare for Ivy-League mediocrities.

— Jacob Bacharach (@jakebackpack) November 13, 2016

It’s not a unique point, not even on Twitter, but it the most evocative expression of this sentiment that I have found:

The Democratic Party is less a political party in pursuit of particular policy goals than a professional association organized to defend and advance the careers of its most valued members.

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) July 13, 2019