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In reply to the discussion: It would be nice if the centrists in this party did some introspection, too. [View all]forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)Which Bouie referred to in this:[link:http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/the_response_to_the_retail_apocalypse_shows_which_workers_count_in_trump.html|
While also showing a fundamental misunderstanding of how manufacturing became so secure in the first place (there's nothing about manufacturing that makes it better than services; the problem is that service and retail hasn't been organized to nearly the same extent). And the racial aspect of it is disturbing because manufacturing is largely a white male thing outside Detroit, while retail is a lot more diverse.
Also, the left needs to organize in a manner that doesn't presume any kind of big, WWII/postwar government actions to be successful. We're about 10 more years out from that to be honest in terms of realism (unless you go for broke, take back the House and Senate in 2020, and break the legislative filibuster)