minor note: Jesse Jackson's "DLC" was "*Defenders* of the Leisure Class"
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 8:49 AM Dennis Brasky via groups.io <dmozart1756= [email protected]> wrote: > While there is little doubt that cynical, fear-based appeals to the worst > impulses of working-class whites are an important part of the story, if we > look at the content of Trump’s appeals to working-class voters, we see that > a narrow focus on the darkest aspects of Trump’s rhetoric belies consistent > and often quite powerful appeals that tap directly into decades of economic > dislocation experienced by millions of American workers, bread-and-butter > issues that many working-class Americans care deeply about and feel that > Democratic and Republican politicians alike have been ignoring for decades. > > https://jacobin.com/2024/08/trump-workers-trade-populism-rhetoric > > My 2 cents - After long supporting Democrats since The New Deal era, many > working class people were devastated by the policies of "New Democrats" > such the Clintons, Obama, Biden and others who formed the Democratic > Leadership Council (DLC). These policies sucked many jobs from one or two > industry towns in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. > These towns dried up and those who had finished or almost finished paying > off their home mortgages were trapped - the value of their homes (most of > their wealth) had dropped precipitously - where could they go? Jesse > Jackson labeled them "Democrats for the Leisure Class." He was right but > was never willing to take the next logical step and leave the party. Many > of these victims of neoliberalism either stopped voting or were willing to > take a chance out of desperation, on Trump. For them, he was "the lesser > evil." The Left failed to be the real alternative - and are still failing! > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31832): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31832 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108104997/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
