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In reply to the discussion: We Need A Class Consciousness Revival [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)If you're saying I've deluded myself that class consciousness will magically deal with all social problems of racism, sexism, what ever... that's complete and utter nonsense. What I'm saying is too many vote against they economic interests... and the Dems better find out why. I think it's obvious... that instead of an over arching economic message, the Party is dragged by corporate Dems to favor the professional class, and dragged by too many coalition groups into the culture wars.
Class consciousness can be a way to inoculate many lost to the right to see through their divide and conquer tactics of pitting race or ethnic group against race and ethnic group. Of course it's not going to matter if the Dems don't have attractive economic positions of their own. I'm with Bernie and Thomas Frank that Dems have given up on labor and need to refocus on basic economics.