14. Upshot: Southern strategy wasn't inevitable, wasn't pre-determined. Was result of choices made by intellectuals in 1950s & GOP in 1960s.
@SamWangPhD @PaulHRosenberg So alignment on race wasn't pre-ordained by based on decisions made by both parties in 1940s/1950s.
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@HeerJeet Yes to all the history you recall. Role of race in capitalist development has undergone major shifts several times.@SamWangPhDThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@SamWangPhD Particularly fascinating is the white consensus on African colonization revved up in 1810s -- uniting North & South.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@SamWangPhD Colonization was striking in that it meant very different things to North & South, but dovetailed in function.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Just curious--do you know of anyone who's tracked positions taken by liberals & conservative by decade in the US? -
@PaulHRosenberg See David Karol's Party Position Change in American Politics: Coalition Management (Cambridge University Press, 2009) - Show replies
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