Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 1121 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (18)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Krugman history class in 6 tweets. (Original Post)
BootinUp
Jun 2022
OP
catrose
(5,047 posts)1. 90s also, but suspicious when they went for Reagan
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)2. K & R...nt
Alice Kramden
(2,157 posts)3. He says "nativism"
When he means White Supremacy
elias7
(3,976 posts)5. Well, the rest of his thread was about the KKK, so there's that
dsc
(52,129 posts)6. actually it was more insular in that many people
considered white now, were among those hated by the KKK then. For example, the Irish and the Italians.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)4. K&R
moondust
(19,917 posts)7. Did Paul sleep through the 80s?
Raygun dismantling the New Deal and demonizing "big gubment"--leading to massive inequality--and then getting re-elected in a 49-state landslide.
And Jack Welch in the 80s: The Man Who Broke Capitalism