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"issues" like disproportionate incarceration for minorities, sexual harassment for women, you mean? They may not be directly economic at first but building a so
by pm90 8y ago
"issues" like disproportionate incarceration for minorities, sexual harassment for women, you mean? They may not be directly economic at first but building a society that is more just and equal is certainly the easiest path to increasing prosperity and well being.
- api 8y agoI wish we could address both at once but recent history seems to suggest that we can't. I think the problem is with how these issues interact with other issues when projected down onto the demographics of the voting population. The problem is that these issue cross-cut each other in almost exactly an X pattern. The majority of the working class is socially conservative, traditional, and religious, so any culture war issue tends to be a fault line that neatly divides the voting bloc that would otherwise care about economic equality. I would like us to have racial and gender equality but unfortunately it might mean we get to all be equal and poor.