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The failure of neoliberalism to widely distribute the gains from increased productivity/globalisation is to blame.
by rorykoehler 10y ago
The failure of neoliberalism to widely distribute the gains from increased productivity/globalisation is to blame.
- moyta 10y agoToo true, then to top it off the right to protest has been sharply curtailed and policed, preventing mass protests esque MLK, Silent Spring, etc. To top it all off, the media essentially created a candidate that would rile people up, then disowned him which only made people want to vote for him more. TrumpLand covers this very well. On the other side of the aisle, we had a very weak candidate running against what was a media troll, with vast amounts of funding that didn't end up translating into a great ground game. I remember when Bernie was running he would have his supporters call every phone number in certain states, and get people out hitting the streets and asking for your vote. I saw very little of that from Hillary.
- runamok 10y agoHasn't it though? I mean the decline of the US manufacturing sector has led to an emerging middle class in many other countries. Clearly most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few but there has definitely been a reversion to the mean globally where the average worker on earth is doing better and the average worker in the US is doing the same or worse...
- rorykoehler 10y agoPretty good for asia but not for the rust belt that Trump rode into the white house.
- lumberjack 10y agoNobody is denying that. It's just completely irrelevant to the discussion.