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I don’t buy that the neo-liberals sold-out the rust belt: This was a slow death march over decades and across party lines. After all, slave labor is cheap and
by nobodyandproud 5y ago
I don’t buy that the neo-liberals sold-out the rust belt: This was a slow death march over decades and across party lines.
After all, slave labor is cheap and lets the wealthy pool wealth, while feeling good about pouring money and industry into third-world countries. Best of all, it left the purchasing power of the middle class intact.
For a time.
I do agree though, that the liberals turned a blind eye when things were becoming unsustainable in the rust belt (fly-over country).
- astraloverflow 5y agoIt might be more accurate to say that the democrats started taking the rust belt for granted. And it's hard to ignore the left's shift (in primary focus) from blue collar workers issues towards race and gender issues.
- nobodyandproud 5y agoThis I agree with. I cringed when my co-workers talked about “fly-over” country, but I was equally shocked when Hillary Clinton lost. As much as I hate to say it, Trump getting elected (wrong person, but gets a point across) shows the system sort of works. Edit: Just to be clear, I’m a liberal at the end of the day but anyone who thinks “their side” doesn’t have problems, I can’t really agree with.
- evv555 5y ago>I cringed when my co-workers talked about “fly-over” country, but I was equally shocked when Hillary Clinton lost. That's not taking for granted like you are saying. That's coastal elites and intelligentsia looking at "fly over" working class with contempt. It's a mutual cultural divide equivalent to xenophobia. >Just to be clear, I’m a liberal at the end of the day but anyone who thinks “their side” doesn’t have problems, I can’t really agree with. Not a Trump supporter. I'm a "politically homeless" liberal as well.