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> I can't get any Dems to pay attention to this. Because they are all funded by corporations who want, as Alan Greenspan put it, "worker anxiety" to keep profi

by otalp 9y ago

> I can't get any Dems to pay attention to this. Because they are all funded by corporations who want, as Alan Greenspan put it, "worker anxiety" to keep profits high. They gave Trump 37 billions more in the military budget than he asked for - authorising a level spending on par with the height of the iraq war, but will balk at Bernie Sanders's suggestions for universal healthcare or free tuition because it's unaffordable. It also helps that the republicans are horrific towards anyone who isn't a straight white male: Roy Moore overwhelmingly won the white vote despite talking about how America was greatest during the times of slavery, how he believes all the amendments after the tenth were mistakes(these include allowing woman and black people to vote), not to mention the rampant homophobia. Trump is the absolute worst thing that can happen to middle America. His policies hit the middle and lower class whites the worst. But they will _feel_ safe and secure with a giant wall and a ban on refugees.

Helmet 9y ago
>It also helps that the republicans are horrific towards anyone who isn't a straight white male There are women in all rungs of the Republican Party, from local to federal levels. The GOP has also followed the general trend of growing diversity (1) and I believe in 2013 were MORE diverse than the Democrats (although this isn't true today). The Democrats are more diverse, but the idea that the GOP is just some old boys club is outdated. Also, what do you mean by horrific? Certainly many are not as progressive on the issue as Coastal-Elite-White Democrats (and I'm being very specific there), but homophobia is extremely prevalent among the democratic base, especially among African-Americans (2) and Latino Americans (3). >Roy Moore overwhelmingly won the white vote despite.... I agree with you, Roy Moore was an absolute disaster. (1) http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-composition-of-the-political-parties/ http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-compos... (2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ (3) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07399863900124007 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739986390012400...

by otalp 9y ago

Helmet 9y ago

>It also helps that the republicans are horrific towards anyone who isn't a straight white male There are women in all rungs of the Republican Party, from local to federal levels. The GOP has also followed the general trend of growing diversity (1) and I believe in 2013 were MORE diverse than the Democrats (although this isn't true today). The Democrats are more diverse, but the idea that the GOP is just some old boys club is outdated. Also, what do you mean by horrific? Certainly many are not as progressive on the issue as Coastal-Elite-White Democrats (and I'm being very specific there), but homophobia is extremely prevalent among the democratic base, especially among African-Americans (2) and Latino Americans (3). >Roy Moore overwhelmingly won the white vote despite.... I agree with you, Roy Moore was an absolute disaster. (1) http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-composition-of-the-political-parties/ http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-compos... (2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ (3) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07399863900124007 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739986390012400...