my half baked sociological theory that politics breaks is that jews, irish and italians are one ethnic group now
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @gabrielwinant
i think the holocaust and world war 2 is a part of the story why jews lean left too
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Replying to @gabrielwinant @lionel_trolling
Briefly: "White ethnic" move to right turbo-charged by Cold War, which made Catholics valuably because of church's anti-communism. But as GOP became more religious (with rise of evangelicals), Jews remained a "minority" rather than useful white group.
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This split is in the 1970s though, isn't it? War on Poverty, Civil Rights movement heading to the North, Vietnam, crime and riots, busing, etc. are all the boxes I'd check on "white ethnics" moving to the Right. Certainly isn't before 1966, look at the Kennedy election.
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Yeah,
@dick_nixon spent a lot of time between 1968 and 1972 courting the white ethnics, with the help of Pat Buchanan and Kevin Philips. Doubt if Buchanan was interested in courting Jewish vote3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet @gabrielwinant and
Literally right now writing up for my book how Pat Buchanan killed public day cares in 1971. Like, it's him. No day cares, he stopped them. Why doesn't Buchanan get threaded through the rise of conservatism and have Buckley-level biographies? (I mean, I know why, but still.)
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Replying to @rortybomb @HeerJeet and
Well I for one am very interested in all things Buchanan and think he's super important
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @HeerJeet and
I'm going to try and interview him, I understand he's very accessible to reporters, maybe we should all go and make a day of it.
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Replying to @rortybomb @HeerJeet and
hmm I spent a lot of time calling him an antisemite so if he knows how to google he might not like me
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He wouldn't necessarily see that as an insult.
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