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In reply to the discussion: Do you REALLY want to understand Trumpers and white working-class voters? Please read this. Please. [View all]brush
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infrastructure funds that they denied Obama. Game over then as the economy will boom.
The glaring thing that stuck out to me in the OP is that all of the so-called grievances the white working class trump voters have, are the same things people of color have been living with for forever.
Unfortunately the dynamics of race in this country works hard to make sure they don't feel their commonality of grievance with POCs who are a big part of the base of the Dem party. We've all said many times that these people should be voting with us and not against their own economic interests, and of course that's true.
The thing that stops them however is our country's huge weakness, the poison divisiveness of white supremacy, best illustrated by LBJ's quote from back in the day:
"If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."
The repugs have done that and keep doing it. Trump's campaign is a perfect example of that. You want to feel for these people but is it even possible to get them to stop falling for the okey doke the right keeps fooling them with?