I hear this a lot and I'm not saying its totally wrong but everyone seems to be placing a lot of blame on "the left" for ignoring the plight of middle class wor

I hear this a lot and I'm not saying its totally wrong but everyone seems to be placing a lot of blame on "the left" for ignoring the plight of middle class workers and rural america, but do you have specific examples of this? In many of these places the republicans have been in power for a long period of time, why have they not addressed their issues? We've even had long stretches of time where all branches of the government were controlled by the republicans and why were these issues not addressed? "The left" has hardly been able to implement anything for years due to total opposition, how are they supposed to help their opponents constituents when they can't even address their own? Acknowledging the economy is changing is not necessarily "ignoring the plight". I would argue that trying to find ways to use the increased profits and efficiency that has been created by globalization to benefit everyone is not ignoring the plight, its a totally reasonable idea. Basic income is an example of this but it is a complete non-starter in america largely because of the party that these specific rural blue collar Americans vote for. Is it the governments job to guarantee good factory jobs to everyone (the irony being what made a lot of these jobs good was unions, also opposed by "the right" generally)? I think it is wrong to totally legitimize the viewpoint of rural middle class blue collar whatever Americans that resulted in our current political circumstances. That isn't to say they don't have grievances (I say they, growing up it would have been we) but that doesn't validate the decisions they've made. Rural Americans have voted against their interests for decades and now blaming the left for their plight is a stretch. It goes both ways, I think that the left should pay attention to rural Americans just like non-rural Americans, but that doesn't mean their conclusions are totally valid.