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Excellent article, jibes with my own observations of the white working class. For example, the author observes the WWC resents the college graduated middle class people who boss them around but then admire the rich, like Donald Trump who they may see as more independent and hard working. While the observations are not terribly flattering to the working class, they explain better why Hillary lost and Dems may keep losing than any other analysis I have seen...but I do not believe for a moment that the Dems will heed and learn from them.

Also interesting is the author's comment that when the Democrats speak of "the working class", they do not mean include the white working class.

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T.E.C. - Iowa Well, I agree that "the observations (in the article) are not terribly flattering to the working class.

However, I would like to make some points. The author starts with a story and says "He had two jobs in addition to his full-time position, one doing yard work for a local magnate and another hauling trash to the dump." ...See More
Dec 29, 2016
Cha Cha On 12/29/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: . In the meanwhile, the > progressive caucus has offered solutions and programs that > would have been good for this country. However, the media, > being controlled by the rich, either ignore such issues or > demonize them. > > With the Clinton failure, the Democratic Party is undergoing a > st...See More
Dec 29, 2016
T.E.C. - Iowa Well, I did get the post. I just disagree with its explanation.

About "how the working class/blue collar workers think", much of what was written in the article was the standard Neoliberal - oligarchic - propaganda that fills our media. I gave examples in the quotes like this "He was a man before his time: a blue-collar whit...See More
Dec 30, 2016
to TEC On 12/30/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > Well, I did get the post. I just disagree with its explanation.

> About "how the working class/blue collar workers think", much of > what was written in the article was the standard <b> liberal - oligarchic - propaganda that fills our media. </b>

I fixed that for y...See More
Dec 30, 2016
T.E.C. - Iowa AW tells me that it should be "liberal - oligarchic -
propaganda." I have for decades complained about the
Clintons and their wing of the Democratic Party - going
back to Clinton's support of NAFTA. Clinton sold out to
Wall Street. However, if AW thinks the Republicans are not
sold out - in this case to big oil - AW is not ...See More
Dec 31, 2016


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