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(45,251 posts)It's funny about blue collar. My parents were not so much liberal as loyal. FDR created social security and Republicans were anti-union. On the bases of those two issues alone, my entire family was Democrat, full stop. And we all know solidarity.
Were my parents liberal on all issues, though? No. But there was simply no possibility of voting anything but Democrat. If someone suggested it, my mom looked at them like they had just landed from Mars and said something very bizarre and my father looked as though he might start swinging if if this fool didn't shut up very soon.
Another thing struck me, too. I learn about most demonstrations the day after. Maybe the day before if they are large and in D.C., but who can travel that fast. So, maybe media is not as good about spreading the word in advance as may be the case in other countries? Or maybe the organizations heading up the demonstration are not as good about doing advance p.r.? I confess, though, I am not that good about reading the local paper. And, of course, the internet helps spread the word sometimes, as it did with Occupy before the media deigned to cover it.
But the unions would be key and we have weakened them so much.