Of course, Democrats suffered from their abandonment of the working class, and Republicans didn't because they had always been against the working class and on the side of corporations. Republicans never wavered from their contempt for blue-collar families, but they are experts at branding and marketing, just like their corporate puppeteers. The White working class knows they are disposable, but are easily swayed by racial, religious, and sexist marketing. We are the authors of our own destruction.
I agree that working class voters would be more willing to ignore "wokeism" if Dems had a stronger pro-worker pre-distribution agenda. At the same time, the excesses of "wokeism" and the economic betrayal are connected: Many wc voters have said that Dems are too preoccupied with trans and other cultural issues instead of with issues that affect "people like me." Yes, they've become more socially liberal over the decades but are still, generally speaking, not comfortable with the maximalist positions progressives have staked out in recent years.
The working class abandoned democrats for four reasons: Fox News, conservative talk radio, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. What is keeping them from coming back? Schumer, Jefferies, and the old school Washington DNC. There are many excellent young democrats but the clueless leadership keeps them down. If Democrats cleaned house and got rid of all the old, failed leadership, perhaps the working class would come back.
Some of us still take E Pluribus Unum as sacred text. Leopold's EXCELLENT book - and easy read, imagine! - may not be the only answer but, clear-sightedly, has MANY answers. No argument that America has lost its way. Hold Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as co-conspirators enabling the "political class" to abandon "We The PEOPLE". When in a ditch....look for all the "exit ramps"!!!
Of course, Democrats suffered from their abandonment of the working class, and Republicans didn't because they had always been against the working class and on the side of corporations. Republicans never wavered from their contempt for blue-collar families, but they are experts at branding and marketing, just like their corporate puppeteers. The White working class knows they are disposable, but are easily swayed by racial, religious, and sexist marketing. We are the authors of our own destruction.
I agree that working class voters would be more willing to ignore "wokeism" if Dems had a stronger pro-worker pre-distribution agenda. At the same time, the excesses of "wokeism" and the economic betrayal are connected: Many wc voters have said that Dems are too preoccupied with trans and other cultural issues instead of with issues that affect "people like me." Yes, they've become more socially liberal over the decades but are still, generally speaking, not comfortable with the maximalist positions progressives have staked out in recent years.
The working class abandoned democrats for four reasons: Fox News, conservative talk radio, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. What is keeping them from coming back? Schumer, Jefferies, and the old school Washington DNC. There are many excellent young democrats but the clueless leadership keeps them down. If Democrats cleaned house and got rid of all the old, failed leadership, perhaps the working class would come back.
Some of us still take E Pluribus Unum as sacred text. Leopold's EXCELLENT book - and easy read, imagine! - may not be the only answer but, clear-sightedly, has MANY answers. No argument that America has lost its way. Hold Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as co-conspirators enabling the "political class" to abandon "We The PEOPLE". When in a ditch....look for all the "exit ramps"!!!