This isn't necessarily as new a thing as you make it sound. White non-non college educated [edit:male] voters have voted R for President a rate of roughly 60-70% since at least 1980, with the two Clinton elections being the only exception.
Which honestly lends credence to the argument that many such voters aren't necessarily super motivated by material concerns; given that Clinton supported NAFTA, and was hardly pro-labour. He was however; anti-immigration, "tough on crime", and eviscerated welfare.
True, however the tough question is what should Clinton receiving unprecedented degrees of support from the "white working class" tell us. He destroyed what remained of its Great Society/New Deal legacy over the Democratic Party, embraced the same sort of racist messaging/policies as the Republicans, and was seemingly rewarded by a majority of them for it.
It's why I'm somewhat pessimistic towards the common idea in socialist circles that if only Bernie won, if only the Democrats embraced M4A and other progressive policies, that the white working class would turn out in droves for the Dems.
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This isn't necessarily as new a thing as you make it sound. White non-non college educated [edit:male] voters have voted R for President a rate of roughly 60-70% since at least 1980, with the two Clinton elections being the only exception.
Which honestly lends credence to the argument that many such voters aren't necessarily super motivated by material concerns; given that Clinton supported NAFTA, and was hardly pro-labour. He was however; anti-immigration, "tough on crime", and eviscerated welfare.
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True, however the tough question is what should Clinton receiving unprecedented degrees of support from the "white working class" tell us. He destroyed what remained of its Great Society/New Deal legacy over the Democratic Party, embraced the same sort of racist messaging/policies as the Republicans, and was seemingly rewarded by a majority of them for it.
It's why I'm somewhat pessimistic towards the common idea in socialist circles that if only Bernie won, if only the Democrats embraced M4A and other progressive policies, that the white working class would turn out in droves for the Dems.
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I mean, I was like six in 2001, the only concrete memories I have of that period are toonami, Pokémon and colored ketchup
Oh man I used to beg my mum for the green ketchup, we were never allowed it :sadness:
I swear I remember eating that once at a friends house and it turning my shit green
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Delicious Shrek cum