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In reply to the discussion: Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)1) the American white working class has to stop being racist;
2) Europe is also racist but they vote for their economic interests
Looks to me like the American white working class needs to vote for their economic interests whether or not they stop being racist. So how do we get them to do that? By focusing on economic issues--telling people to Stop Being Racist! or Bigoted! is demonstrably ineffective....unless one wants to divide the voting public into two powerless warring blocs. Then it is VERY effective.
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And btw racist and bigoted BS tends to drop off when everybody has enough. Income inequality drives unrest, and scapegoating. You know the joke about the billionaire, the white guy, the black guy and the plate of a dozen cookies? Billionaire takes 11 cookies and tells the white guy that the black guy is trying to take his cookie....
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