The White Male Union Voter 2016

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23. Thanks for the background, that makes sense.

I didn't really watch primaries until 2004, it didn't make sense to me to get invested before The Main Event, but I've become more of a political junkie as I get older. If we had a parliamentary system, most people kludged together in the Democratic Party would probably fragment into different parties. I don't know if that would be better, or worse. Sometimes I feel there is value in just knowing that voters pick one side or another.

I liked BaneBain's point about respecting allies and coalitions, listening to the needs of the subaltern groups instead of treating them like political enemies. It's the process I try to work in too, I was happy to see a kindred spirit.

(Re: socialism--at this point in life I'd be happy with things like the government getting granny's teeth fixed, preserving our civil rights advances like minority voting, fair housing, police reform, getting the country back on track for reproductive justice, reversing Taft-Hartley, stemming RTW and preserving collective bargaining, and if we could stop selling our cool stuff to corporations, I would die happy. I'm sure there is more, but that's my bucket list.)