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They are still doing much better than most of the rest of us, and those jobs are NEVER coming back. bravenak Oct 2016 #1
I'm deeply suspicious of this statistic. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2016 #2
Here's what WaPo found lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #3
I'm not surprized by this at all. The University campuses are overwhelmingly female underahedgerow Oct 2016 #4
I teach community college, and my classes are at least 75% female. Coventina Oct 2016 #11
Do you consider that observation a problem that should be solved? n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #12
Of course. This situation has a massive backlash across all of society in countless ways. underahedgerow Oct 2016 #13
It is extremely troubling to me, for all the reasons underahedgerow mentions. Coventina Oct 2016 #15
To what would you attribute this attitudinal change? lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #16
I have no idea. And, I agree that by college the trend is extremely difficult to reverse. Coventina Oct 2016 #17
I think young men are "opting out". MindPilot Oct 2016 #21
A number of Redditors also attributed part of it to college degree creep. Xithras Oct 2016 #24
I'm thinking its similar for blacks and Latinos, income insecurity is hear most by those who have uponit7771 Oct 2016 #5
"Trump's supporters might be comparatively well off" Starry Messenger Oct 2016 #6
it's hard to admit what it is that upsets them so much. JI7 Oct 2016 #7
Yup. Starry Messenger Oct 2016 #8
That posit doesn't explain why so many of them are overwhelmingly functionally illiterate underahedgerow Oct 2016 #14
It's the bigoted, jingoistic, hyper-masculine rhetoric. ronnie624 Oct 2016 #20
Less because of loss of jobs, less because of the loss of unions? ismnotwasm Oct 2016 #9
Both lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #10
More accurately, working class people are not all secure. LanternWaste Oct 2016 #19
We've had stagnant wages for decades. Rex Oct 2016 #18
I think white men have figured out where they stand nowadays AngryAmish Oct 2016 #22
The problem is that working class white men blame their losses TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #23
Agree. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #27
Often blaming their lack of success on people of color TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #29
GOP has been systematically busting unions for years. Kingofalldems Oct 2016 #25
It's a lot easier to bust unions when the employment to population ratio is low. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2016 #28
This is last years numbers Go Vols Oct 2016 #26
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