jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoIf Trump Wins, the GOP Is Ready to Wage War on the Working Classwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down17
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minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up123arrow-down1·7 months agoThey have been at war with the working class since at least Reagan and have been lying about it the whole time.
minus-squareDBT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51arrow-down2·7 months agoYet the working class still votes for them
minus-squarewagesj45@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·7 months agoRacism trumps self interest, it seems.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·7 months ago(paraphrased) Make the lowest white man believe he is better than the highest man of color, and he will empty his pockets for you.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-27 months ago-LBJ He understood that being from Texas
minus-squareInternetUser2012linkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoThe idiots with two brain cells fighting for third place are the ones still voting for him. Everyone else that can think for themselves and doesn’t need fox “news” to tell them what do and how to feel has moved on from him.
minus-squareEldritch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoAt least since FDR. They tried to overthrow and kill the man for Christ sakes because of the new deal.
They have been at war with the working class since at least Reagan and have been lying about it the whole time.
Yet the working class still votes for them
Racism trumps self interest, it seems.
(paraphrased) Make the lowest white man believe he is better than the highest man of color, and he will empty his pockets for you.
-LBJ
He understood that being from Texas
The idiots with two brain cells fighting for third place are the ones still voting for him. Everyone else that can think for themselves and doesn’t need fox “news” to tell them what do and how to feel has moved on from him.
At least since FDR. They tried to overthrow and kill the man for Christ sakes because of the new deal.