It probably won't go beyond just "asking questions" and "what if" discussions, but even so. From 2015 to 2023, just talking about class in any way was considered 'racist and sexist' in lib circles. I guess they want to shift their rhetoric closer to the left for the 2024 elections, but not proposing any policies that this rhetoric would logically imply. Look, you stupid leftists, we are talking the same way that Bernie did in 2016/2020, you should support Joe 2024!
It's always interesting when some NYT lib writes "oh maybe they hate me because of this complicated thing I am always doing to fuck them over", and it's true, you should stop that. But the truth is actually chuds hate you because they're racist or homophobic or whatever. The system is so complex and people are so kept in the dark about it, and conservative media fills their heads with conspiracy theories and lies about places they've never been to. They think big cities are blighted crime zones full of "urban" thugs and drug addicts. The kind of complicated analysis in the article is the kind of thinking they reject as liberal bullshit.