It's The Economy, Stupid
It's The Economy, Stupid
I'll just add that Globalism is Jim Crow Lite., where manufacturers outsource all the usual risks to employees and the environment to more desperate countries that don't worry much about such things, yet...
And all the Furriners nervy enough to come to Our Country, on top of all that? Well, of course they're not going to find much welcome...
And the Service economy? Quick, how many of you know your: Plumber, Roofer, Electrician, Carpenter, Auto Mechanic by name?
Pretty hard to feel their pain, then...
Originally shared by ****
The changes in wealth concentration and deepening of disparities detailed here provide an explanation for the electoral map of Election 2016. Voters who suffered life-changing economic declines as a direct result of the Great Recession were looking for change. Their offspring, for whom the economic outlook remains bleak relative to that of their parents, also looked for the kind of change offered by Senator Bernie Sanders in this election. Neither group found their desired change in the candidates who emerged from the primaries – only confirmation, via leaked emails and the narrative presented across the media, that their story was being erased from the national consciousness. The candidate who ran on the promise of change got the votes. Donald J. Trump also benefited from the rebellion against the establishment on the left.
The logical question that follows is asked by Kirk Noden in The Nation: Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests.
...We’ve spent the last six years talking about the fact that elections have consequences, yet for the top leadership in the Democratic party, four losses in a row have caused none of the customary shakeups following heavy losses.
This is now the fourth election in a row in which Democrats performed badly, and the fourth post-election period in which those who most represent the ideals voters rejected are consolidating power in Congress and leadership of the party. If what President Obama called a “shellacking” in the 2012 congressional races didn’t serve as a warning, it should have in 2014, but didn’t and top Democrats behaved no differently. This time, voters revolted at a time when the stakes were far higher, with consequences for decades to come, and it doesn’t appear that establishment Democrats will loosen their grip.
via Valkyrie
http://www.rimaregas.com/2016/11/silent-class-revolt-most-democrats-voted-down-neoliberalism-2016s-lessons-for-progressives-blog42/
I'll just add that Globalism is Jim Crow Lite., where manufacturers outsource all the usual risks to employees and the environment to more desperate countries that don't worry much about such things, yet...
And all the Furriners nervy enough to come to Our Country, on top of all that? Well, of course they're not going to find much welcome...
And the Service economy? Quick, how many of you know your: Plumber, Roofer, Electrician, Carpenter, Auto Mechanic by name?
Pretty hard to feel their pain, then...
Originally shared by ****
The changes in wealth concentration and deepening of disparities detailed here provide an explanation for the electoral map of Election 2016. Voters who suffered life-changing economic declines as a direct result of the Great Recession were looking for change. Their offspring, for whom the economic outlook remains bleak relative to that of their parents, also looked for the kind of change offered by Senator Bernie Sanders in this election. Neither group found their desired change in the candidates who emerged from the primaries – only confirmation, via leaked emails and the narrative presented across the media, that their story was being erased from the national consciousness. The candidate who ran on the promise of change got the votes. Donald J. Trump also benefited from the rebellion against the establishment on the left.
The logical question that follows is asked by Kirk Noden in The Nation: Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests.
...We’ve spent the last six years talking about the fact that elections have consequences, yet for the top leadership in the Democratic party, four losses in a row have caused none of the customary shakeups following heavy losses.
This is now the fourth election in a row in which Democrats performed badly, and the fourth post-election period in which those who most represent the ideals voters rejected are consolidating power in Congress and leadership of the party. If what President Obama called a “shellacking” in the 2012 congressional races didn’t serve as a warning, it should have in 2014, but didn’t and top Democrats behaved no differently. This time, voters revolted at a time when the stakes were far higher, with consequences for decades to come, and it doesn’t appear that establishment Democrats will loosen their grip.
via Valkyrie
http://www.rimaregas.com/2016/11/silent-class-revolt-most-democrats-voted-down-neoliberalism-2016s-lessons-for-progressives-blog42/
Yes.
ReplyDeleteIf Trump and the Republican Party have their way, we won't have to worry about any of those things. With no overtime, no minimum wage, no guaranteed holidays, we'll be the ideal workforce for Chinese companies eager to sell American manufactured products to their rapidly expanding middle class consumer base.
ReplyDeleteDeplorable !
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