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Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters
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That’s how I interpreted this as well.
Either that, or it reads that working class Americans aren’t very good people.
I used to think that but have come to the conclusion in recent years that people act the way they do because their lives are genuinely terrible and there is no possibility of them becoming better because there is nowhere for them to go. For those with great motivation, great intelligence, or great connections, there are plenty of things to do. For the average person brought up in and living in an average way, though, there is nothing but generational pain.
Sadly, most people don't have enough imagination to consider how things could be better for them or everyone.
This is also my takeaway. Moving to fascistic leaders is just an expression of overwhelming pain.
It’s similar to Weimar Germany. Shame and economic dislocation are enormously powerful motivators.
If you’ll give me some rope, I think the Democratic Party has lost their constituency because they have made two errors:
Dang.
I also think that the Democratic party is lead by people who are among the elite and have no real connection to the average person. The GOP doesn't either but they tell a story that will compel those with enlarged amygdalas.
I recently read a comment that claimed the Democratic Party was a hobby for old rich white people. It rang true
And despite this, they seem hell-bent on perpetuating said generational pain.
That’s the unironically saddest thing in life.
Well what do they have to lose? And maybe with accelerationism something will change for them. Theres more hope there than in limping the status quo along. I keep hearing people on lemmy say you are either voting Dem or voting republican and theres nothing in between. But not voting in an attempt to hold the dems hostage for once is a possible choice too, and its as calculated and strategic as lesser evili-sm is.
You could be correct with that. Certainly, what you say about there being nowhere for people to go in terms of life improvement certainly seems to be the case. I’m not even sure if intelligence or motivation is enough for some in the worst positions over there.
I just can’t see these gaps between left moving Democrats and Americans wanting better lives. I certainly, from the outside at least, don’t see a gap where the healthcare question is concerned. My scope here is limited; I’m restricted to what I see on socials plus general articles on the topic.
The article just doesn’t seem right, it seems constructed to produce a particular view.