Anti-racism & protecting vulnerable groups is the priority. I'm an immigrant from Middle East and I work with refugees. I will double down.
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But globalization, de-industrialization and tech-fueled change wiped out stability from large swathes of US. Sneering at this is ridiculous.
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I keep correcting this about Turkey. Erdogan runs a populist government. Expanded the welfare state for groups who felt culturally maligned.
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Trump likely not as talented as Erdogan as a politician. There is no realignment... yet. This is still the country that elected Obama.
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Keep this up & there will be a realignment. Trumpism will create its Erdogan. It's a a global wave. Opposition incompetence big part of it.
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This isn't a call to ignore the obvious and resurgent racism. It's to understand that the committed green frogs are a small minority.
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Stop normalizing the worst of the racists by sneering at very real economic concerns, using totalizing language that lumps it all together.
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Can we also address that the only "authentic" working class identity is a racist one?
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This is the country that elected Obama, and he won sizable white working class vote. Ignore if you want.
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We cannot talk about economics without being willing to address the race component.
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Hah, my whole thread is how things intermix, and what are the ways to couple them in other ways.
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