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He doesn't have "class consciousness." He has consciousness of his own interests. That is what pretty much everyone has.
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
He doesn't have "class consciousness." He has consciousness of his own interests. That is what pretty much everyone has.
- thrance 2y agoWell no, why did the working class people vote for Trump then? Clearly they don't stand to benefit from any of this nonsense.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoI have an Eastern European friend who has said that sometimes, in his country, they elect a madman to remind the political class who is actually in charge if they get too corrupt or stop serving the people. My best guess is that Trump is that madman. I am not convinced this is a good strategy, but it is at least a strategy.
- IAmGraydon 2y agoIt’s Eastern Europe, not a region I want to share much in common with, including the need to elect insane people because their governments are that broken. If that’s where we are, I guess Putin got what he wanted.
- thrance 2y agoTrump is the political class. He is the elite. What are you even talking about? His government has the most billionaire representation of any government ever, a group that is otherwise an extreme minority. He is the most self-serving politician I know. You believing otherwise has me flabbergasted.
- ave_b_2011 2y agoThe rich undoubtedly have class consciousness. They understand they gain when tax cuts are made and loans are given out. Then they turn around and propagandize against class consciousness for the rest of us. Unions need to make bigger a comeback before I can believe that the working class has class consciousness.