Trickle down social justice will work out just as well as trickle down economics did.

[moriah]

54. Gag me with a forklift.

If you're going to suggest the way Democrats should win elections is to throw equality and choice under the bus solely to appease the demographic you feel is so mistreated, I've got a bridge in Alaska to sell you that's really going places... and you can see Russia from there!

Fighting for economic justice and the ability for all workers to have a living wage, health care, family leave, paid sick leave, etc, helps everyone. And undoubtedly Democrats need to fight for those things.

But we can't stop there, or expect any Democrat or Progressive to stop there, either. We have to fix the fact that Lewis and Laura do far better at even getting callbacks with the same resume than Luis, Lamar, or Lakisha (who due to the effects of intersectionality ends up screwed over the most for failing to "whiten" their resume and is directed to worse jobs, where Laura might get offered a job not even in the system to get a more palatable "diversity" hire) to get that job with a living wage.

And even if Laura might seem to be doing rather well from the above, all of the five L names mentioned suffer if that job gets to decide what medical care Laura and Lakisha can receive, or if they care if Laura's spouse is Lisa. Or if Lewis used to be Louise. If nothing else, they have to work harder while Laura's on bedrest because her body couldn't handle another pregnancy so soon, or until they replace Lewis.

It doesn't have to be either-or. We can easily advocate for both economic and social justice, and recognize the two are so intertwined that they can't be separated. Anyone who just wants social issues and doesn't give a crap about economic justice should probably go to a different forum -- like a Libertarian training camp.