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> I wish the left had an answer but they don't. The left is the 1% as well. How much money do the Clintons have? A lot. How much Wall Street support did Obama
by humanrebar 10y ago
> I wish the left had an answer but they don't.
The left is the 1% as well. How much money do the Clintons have? A lot. How much Wall Street support did Obama have? A lot. If Hollywood isn't the 1%, what are they?
> ...working class have found a billionaire to be their champion...
Thiel is interesting partly because he's a business leader that talks about politics and isn't explicitly liberal. That is, he's an exception that proves the rule.
> ...and think that migrants and non-white and non-Christian people are to blame for their suffering...
Some do. But most have more complex motivations involving economics, democracy, and fighting (in their minds) corruption and hypocrisy. The Left won't make any positive progress here unless they try to understand their neighbors.
This is why "Love Trumps Hate" rings really hollow to most of the people I ask about these things.
- ionised 10y agoThe problem is the political landscape has lurched so far to the right that we've hit a point where some people actually consider Obama and Clinton to be 'left'.
- humanrebar 10y agoNationalized healthcare has always been on the left in America. And I'd argue that Trump has much more in common with progressive-era Democrats (like Wilson) than he does with "the right" in modern America. If this isn't the election where we throw away (or at least officially redefine) the concept of "left" and "right", I'm not sure there will be one.