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In reply to the discussion: Democrats' hunt for the white working-class male voter [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)we should not support it because the democratic base is not "working class" and "the public" (republicans and independents?) "is overwhelmingly opposed"? Our base is not working class, but the republican's is? Should our electoral position on trade should be based on being "republican-lite" in order to attract the votes of republicans and independents?
So the Democrats who support TPP are "sucking up to the corporates" and are "alienating all but some people who care about social liberalism only"? And "people who care about economic issues as well as social issues are turned off"?
Does that mean that republicans who oppose it are 'standing up to corporates', attracting people who care about issues other than social liberalism and turning on "people who care about economic issues as well as social issues"?
So the Democratic base is wrong (perhaps for "idealistic" reasons, perhaps for "corporate sell-out", anti-working-class reasons) and their view should be disregarded. The republican base and independents are right (if for the 'wrong' reasons - racism, xenophobia, etc. - or maybe for the 'right' reasons because they are anti-corporate, working-class friendly) and we need to seriously consider their views.
I disagree.