One of the most telling things that betray all this as a form of herrenvolk politics rather than a reasonable debate about coalition-building is the assumption that "autoworkers and union members" are all white.
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Replying to @zeynep @JamesFallows
...that is to say, the piece I cited held them up in opposition to one another, without being aware of the assumption underlying that.
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Replying to @ThePlumLineGS @JamesFallows
Yes, exactly. That is almost always the tell.
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Replying to @zeynep @JamesFallows
the piece itself is worth reading, if you haven't yet. really quite a specimen...
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Replying to @ThePlumLineGS @JamesFallows
Yes, I read it because of your link. It was

. Auto workers aren't ever people of color! Also, weirdly, Trump's base is very much for gov't healthcare—and whatever you may say about the veracity of Trump's promises—he mostly positioned himself as that in 2016.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
Everyone is since talking about populism, fine, but the phrase we're looking for really is herrenvolk democracy. I tried to make that point a lot in 2016 but it didn't take—wonder why.
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Replying to @zeynep @JamesFallows
(And, I should add, he's also offering them real racial nationalist policy and all the cruelties that come with it, which may be why they're okay with him selling out on the "economic" nationalism he promised)
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Next one will actually start with "infrastructure week" and re-submerge some of the subtext. That's the real threat, and the current moment is almost an (unfortunate) opportunity as it is a warning somewhat weakened by the incompetence and undermined by the explicit vulgarity.
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