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>There was a time when democrats represented the blue collar working class -- who have watched helplessly as their jobs and security has been outsourced to chin
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>There was a time when democrats represented the blue collar working class -- who have watched helplessly as their jobs and security has been outsourced to china and Mexico. Now it's Trump who represents their values and clearly they're not alone.
Judging by the way blue-collar communities turned out for Bernie Sanders, I don't think "their values" are the fascist tripe being pushed by the Trump campaign and transition stuff. No, blue-collar people are not automatically violent rubes who want to throw Jews, Muslims, and Hispanics from the country while reinstituting slavery and criminalizing abortion -- while telling people wages are too high.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoI was ready for Bernie. I changed my party affiliation so I could vote for him in the primaries. Are you as upset as I am at the DNC's collusion to suppress his campaign?
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoOf course I'm upset. I'm upset enough that I joined Democratic Socialists of America and have been involved in activism, rather than just getting mad and sending money to corporate shills on occasion.