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This isn't the 90s I don't know how anyone could consider the democrats to be the party representing the poor. Exploiting for political gain maybe, but liberal

This isn't the 90s I don't know how anyone could consider the democrats to be the party representing the poor. Exploiting for political gain maybe, but liberal policies have completely screwed the poor. This is not just me trying to be partisan, there has been a global (edit: anglosphere) shift in liberals abandoning the working class for ideology and the role of what used to be pro worker pro union further left parties now being squarely on the right.

defrost 3y ago
> there has been a global (edit: anglosphere) shift in liberals abandoning the working class for ideology and the role of what used to be pro worker pro union The UK Liberals faded away after the mid 1920s, like the Australian Liberals (rich conservatives) they were never particularly pro union and were only ever pro worker | pro welfare in a patronizing condescending manner ala "Daddy knows best". Both the UK and Australian populations had strong political Labor Parties as principal opposition to conservative ideals for the past century, these were the parties that were strongly pro worker and pro union. These UK and Australian Labor parties have been less so since the 1980s and the Thatcher years as unions have dwindled in power (compared to times past).