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LiberalArkie

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4. Subconsciously Bernie is more than likely correct in his thinking

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 07:22 AM

Dec 2015

All of this means that the maintenance of white privilege, especially among the least privileged whites, has become more difficult and so, for some, more urgent than ever. Poor whites always had the comfort of knowing that someone was worse off and more despised than they were;

From Bernie: “They told white workers who were earning pennies an hour, ‘Hey, you think you’re in trouble, but you’re better off than the blacks,'” he said. “And they told straight people, ‘You’re better off than those gay people.’ And they pitted men against women. It’s always playing one group against another. That’s how the rich got richer while everybody else was fighting each other. Our job is to build a nation in which we all stand together.”

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Barbara Ehrenreich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate [View all] LiberalArkie Dec 2015 OP

Interesting Sherman A1 Dec 2015 #1

I think cigerette smoking also plays a role. madaboutharry Dec 2015 #2

The only other time something similar happened was to men in Russia-- eridani Dec 2015 #3

The men could no longer fulfill their reason for existence: to provide for his family and himself. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #5

Subconsciously Bernie is more than likely correct in his thinking LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #4

+1 tecelote Dec 2015 #7

Bernie's absolutely right, LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #8

the drug thing is interesting JI7 Dec 2015 #6

I wonder if this, or the underlying study, factored in ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #9

You have an interesting thought, U of M Dem Dec 2015 #19

I would never have thought that as a kid with asthma and "growing out of it" I LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #23

While I can see the so-called diseases of despair being a factor, tanyev Dec 2015 #10

Diabetes and drug use wolfie001 Dec 2015 #11

When you're told it's your "right" to be unhealthy.... vi5 Dec 2015 #12

Yep. There's a big element of defiance in this. Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #26

Freedom fries KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #38

Yes. I've seen it and heard it. Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #46

I admire Barbara Ehrenreich, but I have a minor issue with this article. PotatoChip Dec 2015 #13

I can tell you who the people are. They are the waitress, the construction workers, the brick layers LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #15

I read the initial study and though women of that group fasttense Dec 2015 #16

And I go back to what Bernie said that middle class and upper class people do not get LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #18

Yup. That pretty much covers it, in my opinion. (nt) PotatoChip Dec 2015 #21

On High unemployment- Munificence Dec 2015 #28

+1 Dems to Win Dec 2015 #31

Wow. KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #39

The family farms are gone, too Maeve Dec 2015 #44

I blame fast food mdbl Dec 2015 #14

But the study shows that this is a rural thing... PotatoChip Dec 2015 #20

Don't know what the rural thing is about then, other than there always seems to be an industrial mdbl Dec 2015 #25

This is a huge factor. Poor diet/smoking. My husband works in a blue-collar male dominated TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #24

That would be misplaced. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #40

I stand corrected mdbl Dec 2015 #41

"better nutrition and medical care" -- but both have been undermined severely. phantom power Dec 2015 #17

Key words .. ananda Dec 2015 #22

What a cold hearted reply RonnyK Dec 2015 #29

Nickel and Dimed to Death KamaAina Dec 2015 #27

They've paid a high price for unchecked illegal immigration Dems to Win Dec 2015 #30

The jobs were all shipped overseas. hifiguy Dec 2015 #33

Some jobs can't be shipped overseas. Construction, roofers, etc Dems to Win Dec 2015 #34

Millions of manufacturing jobs vanished. hifiguy Dec 2015 #35

It's not either/or, it's both. Dems to Win Dec 2015 #42

Believe whatever you want. hifiguy Dec 2015 #43

It's all a part of the plan hifiguy Dec 2015 #32

Maybe the office of women's health can do something about it. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #36

I am sure that the men's health agencies have it all figured out since research has LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #37

It's more complex than this. randome Dec 2015 #45