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bulloney

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1. There's no doubt the middle class is revolting, but too many are following the candidates

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 10:59 AM

Dec 2015

who would exacerbate their situation. The Trumps and Cruz's give people a fall guy to blame and that makes it easy for them to listen to their message. Unfortunately, too many Americans are intellectually lazy. They don't want to hear about things like overhauling the status quo and learning that the politicians they have been supporting all these years are working against their interests. They fall for their guns-gays-gynecology diversions almost every time.

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Robert Reich: The Revolt of the Anxious Class [View all] marmar Dec 2015 OP

There's no doubt the middle class is revolting, but too many are following the candidates bulloney Dec 2015 #1

Trump though has split with the elite orthodoxy on the trade deals bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #5

I hear you Populist_Prole Dec 2015 #6

That article is well worth the read. Especially as he concludes that if it wasn't Trump, it would raccoon Dec 2015 #2

Yes Brainstormy Dec 2015 #3

As usual, he's right but Rebkeh Dec 2015 #4

I think that there is a difference between racism and anxiety jwirr Dec 2015 #9

From where I sit, there's not much difference Rebkeh Dec 2015 #10

I am not suggesting we take race out of the equation. I am jwirr Dec 2015 #11

That is one of the best Robert Reich pieces I have ever seen. jwirr Dec 2015 #7

K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #8

It was a good article, but one thing he found didn't make sense... libdem4life Dec 2015 #12