• droporain@lemmynsfw.com
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      2 days ago

      I don’t want the politicians to “communicate” with me. I want them to do their job and pass laws that increase my standard of living, not just insider trade, and grift off fear and anger.

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      2 days ago

      No, failed the working class. Since the eighties the Democratic party has been on a heavy neoliberal kick. One which result resulted in massive damage to unions Nationwide. Don’t forget that it was Bill Clinton who signed an HW Bush initiative in NAFTA. Don’t forget the Barack Obama allied with Republicans to push free trade agreements. Don’t forget that Kamala Harris walked back a lot of the pro Union rhetoric that Joe Biden campaigned on.

      Sometime in the '70s Democrats started losing control of the working class and the unions. Richard Nixon spearheaded that movement and was successful in it. Much like we’re seeing today he couched it in counterculture. It’s a part of our history that we don’t talk about enough. Nor do Democrats pay enough attention to class in general.

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      LOL

      The minimum wage has been $7.25 for almost 20 years now.

      But sure, they didn’t fail the working class.