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How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (NYT) [View all] dalton99a Saturday OP

"Free" trade and outsourcing madville Saturday #1

I don't understand why some here want cheap Chinese EV imports MichMan Saturday #9

how are they priced and featured compared to domestics? nt msongs Saturday #13

Like my neighbor that bought a cheap Chinese madville Saturday #20

Many of us simply want an affordable ev. We cannot afford to prop up the US auto industry. delisen Saturday #41

I guess we want the union vote without actually buying their products n/t MichMan Saturday #46

My point is that people have to be able to afford to buy the products delisen Saturday #51

Lithium battery golf carts cost $15k madville Sunday #69

GM Retiree here yankee87 Saturday #10

Should have mandated that they couldn't madville Saturday #21

My dad was a GM retiree. Borogove Saturday #40

Absolutely yankee87 Saturday #43

That was 40 years ago. People act like this is something new. It isn't. valleyrogue Sunday #66

And huge areas of the country madville Sunday #68

How does this article define the working class? WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #2

Blue collar Cirsium Sunday #59

Free trade benefits the majority. How do you stop globalization? AI is going to exacerbate things. This article has good OrlandoDem2 Saturday #3

good post! what the article utterly FAILS to address stopdiggin Saturday #12

No it doesn't benefit folks period. Cheap shit has been largely responsible for the Demsrule86 Saturday #44

MSM is going to preach to us, again, telling us what we are thinking. Well, I'm not blaming Dems for a sham election yaesu Saturday #4

Exactly. B.See Saturday #14

Thank you. Quiet Em Saturday #16

Y E S Cosmocat Saturday #52

Better yet NYT, lets talk about how the GOP lost the highly educated. multigraincracker Saturday #5

Robert Reich is one of the main reasons Clinton lost in 2016. His and a few other Democrats constant bashing of Silent Type Saturday #6

+ 1 BannonsLiver Saturday #8

Once again, I should have learned from you. Abolishinist Saturday #42

Isn't it wonderful to have Progressive dog Saturday #7

We need a lot more serious industrial policy in this country. The problem is... keep_left Saturday #11

Who will be the targets tomorrow?. The poor, it's always the poor. Autumn Saturday #15

Bill Clinton and Obama prove most of this is bs JI7 Saturday #17

fucking nonsense Skittles Saturday #18

Thank-you. Exactly. They are going to pay for their foolishness just as they did when they voted for Reagan, only this JohnSJ Saturday #49

even when repukes do toss a bone Skittles Saturday #50

The working class fell prey to the right wing spin machine. Initech Saturday #19

Two Messages resonated bigly in Detroit Kid Berwyn Saturday #22

And unfortunately, when it came to the "sex change op"... keep_left Saturday #25

Yeah. I'd like to ask Plouffe about that. Kid Berwyn Saturday #31

Absolutely. keep_left Saturday #32

God forbid people look up the issues themselves 😔 Blue_Tires Saturday #27

True. People are busy, though. Kid Berwyn Saturday #34

Attorneys need part time jobs? 😮 Blue_Tires Saturday #36

they seem to always have time for social media and streaming crap Skittles Saturday #47

We could have fought those by flooding the airways with "weird" and "smelly." Scrivener7 Saturday #30

Exactly Blue_Tires Saturday #37

Please share. I need data. Kid Berwyn Saturday #39

I never understood why it took a Republican (Trump) to double the standard tax deduction. PeaceWave Saturday #23

It's ending this year. Devastating if it doesn't get extended. jimfields33 Saturday #33

What the Democrats failed at, edhopper Saturday #24

God, not this blame-the-victim shit again Blue_Tires Saturday #26

Utter insanity Johnny2X2X Saturday #28

The NY times? Hard pass. awesomerwb1 Saturday #29

The Democrats did not lose the working class! ananda Saturday #35

Irony Alert: The NYT has never written for those whom they label " the working class."- They just write about them. delisen Saturday #38

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern." Lord Acton Ping Tung Saturday #45

F that. It should read How the Working Class lost its mind! nt Jit423 Saturday #48

Denial is still running strong for some. Passages Saturday #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Saturday #54

Reich's a big believer in the left-leaning populist BS that Democrats ignore-hate unions and the white working class, betsuni Saturday #55

Biden has done nothing but enact policies geared toward the working class. I've said this before. In It to Win It Saturday #56

How the New York Times lost the Working Class... and me PJMcK Saturday #57

THANK YOU Skittles Sunday #63

Insightful piece, despite... Ndp5 Saturday #58

Please tell me what have the republicans done for the working man in the last 40 years Keepthesoulalive Sunday #60

As if 40 years of Republican trickle down economics has been fantastic for the working class! betsuni Sunday #61

That's why I said "placebo." A placebo pill does nothing Ndp5 Sunday #67

That placebo is the longest working painkiller in history Keepthesoulalive Sunday #70

American union membership peaked in the mid-50s -- class identity lessens as union membership does. betsuni Sunday #71

Trump doesn't give a DAMN about the working class Skittles Sunday #62

A thread on how Trump "won" the popular vote. Passages Sunday #64

LOL!!!! There is no "working class" in the United States. valleyrogue Sunday #65