We Need A Class Consciousness Revival

[eniwetok]

27. I have a better idea... don't edit my post!

I wrote "And yet without a strong sense of what Marx called class consciousness... people tend to see themselves in non-economic terms... gun owners, gay, christian, anti-abortion, white, black, hispanic, immigrant rights, whatever."

I did NOT just write

" people tend to see themselves in non-economic terms... gun owners, gay, christian, anti-abortion, white, black, hispanic, immigrant rights, whatever. "

I did NOT say people NEVER think about economics. I did say strong class consciousnesses may clarify thinking and inoculate many to right wing tactics. But it's also true those other considerations do COMPETE with economic self interest... combine that with half the Democratic Party going corporate over the last 25 years... giving up on labor and supporting free trade... these Dems have made it worst by muddying the economic issues. It should be giving Dem strategists pause to know that the GOP could grab onto the issue of worker disenchantment when it's GOP that is most willing to screw them.