If the Dems become more of a worker's party & the GOP continue in a Trumpist direction, the professional-managerial class will become politically homeless, maybe for the first time since 1900.
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Being in the 85th percentile is increasingly precarious when 2% of the people have sucked up most of the wealth.
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@interfluidity points out they are in many ways the key swing constituency here. if their fortunes can be tied up with the middle and working class you've got a much more solid and equal societyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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you are making that assumption based on publicly expressed opinions which gravely suffer from selection bias (i.e. maybe those who disagree are just afraid or simply don't care to engage). Out of every 10 "professional" who agrees with Charles Murray, not 1 will say it out loud
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They would benefit greatly. But their consciousness is fucked up by elitism and the dream of being rich, so they are not a reliable constituency for social democracy and can turn right en masse as we've seen in Brazil and other countries.
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The new nomenclature notwithstanding, their position is very similar to the intermediate strata who turned towards fascism in Europe in the 20s and 30s. That doesn't mean we shouldn't fight to win them over. We have to. But there is a dialectical relationship between winning ...
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Hi, I think I'm supposed to be a member of this professional class you speak of, but I'm 31 and just this year have *less* than 6 figures of student loan debt from undergrad. I think the commentator class is divided by people who understand this and people who don't.
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sounds like a perfect example of what Jeet is talking about. in ages past white-collar jobs came with a goodly portion of economic security, but they have become steadily more proletarianized
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they're also becoming more receptive to authoritarianism, even outright fascism
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