2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie thinks the only way to win is to win white working class voters at the expense of [View all]ieoeja
(9,748 posts)Obviously the racist fucks are going to vote there while we vote here. That is a given. There are no "swing" votes where that is concerned.
You want to argue about something where the lines are solidly drawn? Waste of time.
The real division is between working class (Black, Pink, White, Yellow, Orange, whatever) vs wealthy. Unless, of course, you distract from that. In 1980 the Moral Majority had a meeting with Republican party leaders to hash out how they could divide the electorate to the Republican Party's advantage. And they concluded that the only way they could do that was by moving the division from the economic divsion that benefited the Democratic Party to make believe social divisions.
There is no inherent division between working class rights and African-American rights. Just the opposite actually. The closer you are to the lower rung of the economy, the more you need working class rights.
There is no inherent division between working class rights and Women's rights. Just the ....
There is no inherent division between working class rights and Hispanic rights. Just the ....
There is no inherent division between working class rights and LGBTQ rights. Just the ....
There is, howevver, an inherent division between working class rights and the rights of rich, old White men. More momey to the working class means less money to rich, old White men.
There is also an inherent division between rural voters and rich, old White men. All those small towns that have modern sewage treatment plants today did not have modern treatment plants before the New Deal. Even then they could not afford them. And wealth has become more concentrated since then. The only way rural America can not become a 3rd world hellhole is if the wealth of the United States is spread to them. And that means taking money from the rich, old White men to pay for the infrastructure that feeds them, produce the raw goods that keep them rich, and prevents a breeding ground for disease to kill their** children.
** Thypoid Mary is only famous because because the wealthy did not give a fuck that their houself staff were dying off since Mary, who was immune, could substitute for them. She is famous for infecting their children. As long as it was only their employees dying, they did not give a fuck.