For five decades the Democrats were "the party of the working man". It worked pretty well. The problem is that practically speaking, there no longer is ANY party of the working man - because half the labor class abandoned the Democrats because they could no longer be in the "party of blacks, or gays, or illegals, or hippies, or feminists…
For five decades the Democrats were "the party of the working man". It worked pretty well. The problem is that practically speaking, there no longer is ANY party of the working man - because half the labor class abandoned the Democrats because they could no longer be in the "party of blacks, or gays, or illegals, or hippies, or feminists, or war protestors, or "Other"'. Lower class Americans have been voting against their economic self-interest for cultural reasons for over 50 years. You think you can just flip a switch and start talking about kitchen table issues and "oligarchs", and magically change that behavior?
Right now, "the privileged" are fighting back HARD to hold onto their privilege. They have the money and all the power. At best, you're going to have to sneak up on them if you are going to get more crumbs for the working class - and that starts by being less "icky" in the culture wars.
I don’t disagree with any of this. The answer is no, the Dems can’t change it overnight but they needed to start changing their messaging (and more importantly actions) yesterday. And yes they can’t waste precious time fighting over transgender rights right now. You don’t abandon those people but you have to go on fucking offense and quit reacting to all the transgender bait the right wing keeps putting out there.
For five decades the Democrats were "the party of the working man". It worked pretty well. The problem is that practically speaking, there no longer is ANY party of the working man - because half the labor class abandoned the Democrats because they could no longer be in the "party of blacks, or gays, or illegals, or hippies, or feminists, or war protestors, or "Other"'. Lower class Americans have been voting against their economic self-interest for cultural reasons for over 50 years. You think you can just flip a switch and start talking about kitchen table issues and "oligarchs", and magically change that behavior?
Right now, "the privileged" are fighting back HARD to hold onto their privilege. They have the money and all the power. At best, you're going to have to sneak up on them if you are going to get more crumbs for the working class - and that starts by being less "icky" in the culture wars.
I don’t disagree with any of this. The answer is no, the Dems can’t change it overnight but they needed to start changing their messaging (and more importantly actions) yesterday. And yes they can’t waste precious time fighting over transgender rights right now. You don’t abandon those people but you have to go on fucking offense and quit reacting to all the transgender bait the right wing keeps putting out there.