Rural Democrats: Party Ignored Us, Suffered the Consequences

[Buckeye_Democrat]

73. Not to mention urban folks who are told...

... "those jobs aren't coming back" in a ho-hum way, at odds with long-time union supporters. So I guess we can kiss those voters goodbye too eventually.

Are we being pulled toward laissez-faire capitalism by many modern Democrats or what?

We're just totally at the whim of our "global economy" now? And what's the light at the end of the tunnel? Unless it helps to ensure greater unity and survival of humanity rather than hedonistic crap like "cheaper smart phones," it's not very influential on me.

What I perceive happening is greater ownership of technology by a small number of people that cuts out the non-owner laborers from getting any real benefits of those God-almighty "advancements."

At least a "universal basic income" like what Sanders proposed would keep people afloat as they try to transition instead of the "sorry about your luck" attitude that I often see.

Hillary Clinton had some encouraging economic messages (and I wish I'd HEARD them more instead of needing to look up her website), but sometimes it's the "common Democrats" and THEIR messages that seem pretty damn callous to me.

It's still no excuse for anyone to vote for Trump, of course! How many people can't see the appeal of his "populist" messages to some voters strikes me as odd, though.