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I think the problem is that the Democrats treat the working class like developed countries often treat people in the third world. They don’t respect them as equ
by spaetzleesser 6y ago
I think the problem is that the Democrats treat the working class like developed countries often treat people in the third world. They don’t respect them as equals but as people who don’t know what’s good for them so they need to be helped. That causes a lot of resentment amongst the people because they aren’t allowed to have self respect. This may just be a problem of messaging. I am not sure.
But I am 100% sure that the left wing in the US right now is mainly comprised of well educated upper middle class people who have a certain level of disdain for blue collar workers.
- alextheparrot 6y agoCan we not spread mistruths? Some of us who support leftist policies grew up and may still exist in heavily working class areas. Assuming that we have disdain for our current or former neighbours is borderline slander. In all honesty, the majority of my more left leaning friends tend to be from more blue collar backgrounds.
- spaetzleesser 6y agoMaybe that's true for you. From my experience a lot of blue collar people I talk to absolutely despise democrats and liberal people I talk to can't even comprehend why the working class doesn't join them in their efforts or how anybody could vote for Trump. It's a total disconnect and I think it's because of growing inequality. People of different income and professional classes are mixing less and so they only know caricatures of each other.