The railroad workers’ strike really gave the game away as to whom the Democrats actually represent: Biden made some reasonable points about how a transportation shutdown would affect the economy and national security, which would’ve provided ample justification to nationalize the rails and use access to them as leverage. (With the side benefit of fixing most of Amtrak’s problems.) But there was no talk of the railroad companies feeling any of the pain. Protecting the economy was a burden that the workers had to shoulder alone.