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68. And huge areas of the country

Reply to valleyrogue (Reply #66)

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 04:49 PM

Jan 5

Have never recovered, destroyed local and state economies for decades and still to this day.

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How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (NYT) [View all] dalton99a Jan 4 OP

"Free" trade and outsourcing madville Jan 4 #1

I don't understand why some here want cheap Chinese EV imports MichMan Jan 4 #9

how are they priced and featured compared to domestics? nt msongs Jan 4 #13

Like my neighbor that bought a cheap Chinese madville Jan 4 #20

Many of us simply want an affordable ev. We cannot afford to prop up the US auto industry. delisen Jan 4 #41

I guess we want the union vote without actually buying their products n/t MichMan Jan 4 #46

My point is that people have to be able to afford to buy the products delisen Jan 4 #51

Lithium battery golf carts cost $15k madville Jan 5 #69

GM Retiree here yankee87 Jan 4 #10

Should have mandated that they couldn't madville Jan 4 #21

My dad was a GM retiree. Borogove Jan 4 #40

Absolutely yankee87 Jan 4 #43

That was 40 years ago. People act like this is something new. It isn't. valleyrogue Jan 5 #66

And huge areas of the country madville Jan 5 #68

How does this article define the working class? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 4 #2

Blue collar Cirsium Jan 5 #59

Free trade benefits the majority. How do you stop globalization? AI is going to exacerbate things. This article has good OrlandoDem2 Jan 4 #3

good post! what the article utterly FAILS to address stopdiggin Jan 4 #12

No it doesn't benefit folks period. Cheap shit has been largely responsible for the Demsrule86 Jan 4 #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 Jan 4 #4

Exactly. B.See Jan 4 #14

Thank you. Quiet Em Jan 4 #16

Y E S Cosmocat Jan 4 #52

Better yet NYT, lets talk about how the GOP lost the highly educated. multigraincracker Jan 4 #5

Robert Reich is one of the main reasons Clinton lost in 2016. His and a few other Democrats constant bashing of Silent Type Jan 4 #6

+ 1 BannonsLiver Jan 4 #8

Once again, I should have learned from you. Abolishinist Jan 4 #42

Isn't it wonderful to have Progressive dog Jan 4 #7

We need a lot more serious industrial policy in this country. The problem is... keep_left Jan 4 #11

Who will be the targets tomorrow?. The poor, it's always the poor. Autumn Jan 4 #15

Bill Clinton and Obama prove most of this is bs JI7 Jan 4 #17

fucking nonsense Skittles Jan 4 #18

Thank-you. Exactly. They are going to pay for their foolishness just as they did when they voted for Reagan, only this JohnSJ Jan 4 #49

even when repukes do toss a bone Skittles Jan 4 #50

The working class fell prey to the right wing spin machine. Initech Jan 4 #19

Two Messages resonated bigly in Detroit Kid Berwyn Jan 4 #22

And unfortunately, when it came to the "sex change op"... keep_left Jan 4 #25

Yeah. I'd like to ask Plouffe about that. Kid Berwyn Jan 4 #31

Absolutely. keep_left Jan 4 #32

God forbid people look up the issues themselves 😔 Blue_Tires Jan 4 #27

True. People are busy, though. Kid Berwyn Jan 4 #34

Attorneys need part time jobs? 😮 Blue_Tires Jan 4 #36

they seem to always have time for social media and streaming crap Skittles Jan 4 #47

We could have fought those by flooding the airways with "weird" and "smelly." Scrivener7 Jan 4 #30

Exactly Blue_Tires Jan 4 #37

Please share. I need data. Kid Berwyn Jan 4 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 4 #23

It's ending this year. Devastating if it doesn't get extended. jimfields33 Jan 4 #33

What the Democrats failed at, edhopper Jan 4 #24

God, not this blame-the-victim shit again Blue_Tires Jan 4 #26

Utter insanity Johnny2X2X Jan 4 #28

The NY times? Hard pass. awesomerwb1 Jan 4 #29

The Democrats did not lose the working class! ananda Jan 4 #35

Irony Alert: The NYT has never written for those whom they label " the working class."- They just write about them. delisen Jan 4 #38

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern." Lord Acton Ping Tung Jan 4 #45

F that. It should read How the Working Class lost its mind! nt Jit423 Jan 4 #48

Denial is still running strong for some. Passages Jan 4 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 4 #54

Reich's a big believer in the left-leaning populist BS that Democrats ignore-hate unions and the white working class, betsuni Jan 4 #55

Biden has done nothing but enact policies geared toward the working class. I've said this before. In It to Win It Jan 4 #56

How the New York Times lost the Working Class... and me PJMcK Jan 4 #57

THANK YOU Skittles Jan 5 #63

Insightful piece, despite... Ndp5 Jan 4 #58

Please tell me what have the republicans done for the working man in the last 40 years Keepthesoulalive Jan 5 #60

As if 40 years of Republican trickle down economics has been fantastic for the working class! betsuni Jan 5 #61

That's why I said "placebo." A placebo pill does nothing Ndp5 Jan 5 #67

That placebo is the longest working painkiller in history Keepthesoulalive Jan 5 #70

American union membership peaked in the mid-50s -- class identity lessens as union membership does. betsuni Jan 5 #71

Trump doesn't give a DAMN about the working class Skittles Jan 5 #62

A thread on how Trump "won" the popular vote. Passages Jan 5 #64

LOL!!!! There is no "working class" in the United States. valleyrogue Jan 5 #65