08-23-2020, 01:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-23-2020, 01:41 PM by Eric the Green.)
(08-23-2020, 07:22 AM)Isoko Wrote: CH86 is correct in what he is saying. The Democrats are repeating the same mistakes that the Clinton campaign did in 2016. They are focusing entirely on diversity and globalism, forgetting about America's white working class once again. I'm seeing the Twitter feeds and reading the news and the energy I am getting is that people, the average Joe over in America, is very likely to vote for Trump once again.
The only way the Democrats can stop this trend in future elections is to stop waving the flag continually for globalism and actually focus on basically "America First". They need to look at what attracts people to Trump's programme and build on that.
Otherwise, you could end up with a secession crisis sometime this century. Already I'm seeing Democrat run areas threatening to actually secede if Trump wins again. So maybe in the long term it is better for the country if it does just split in two?
If the red Republican tribe continues to be so deceived and regressive as it is today, then perhaps so.
Some people say Democrats are ignoring the white working class. I don't see that at all. We support the genuine ideas and forces that support workers, such as unions, health care, fair wages and regulations against oligarchic abuse. These goals were abundantly voiced at the Democratic Convention. Where white workers get distracted and indulge in scapegoating of their fellow workers and citizens who happen to be of other ethnic groups, and are deceived by mere symbols and prejudice, then no, we Democrats don't support them when they allow themselves to be so deceived. They may not relate well to the increasing diversity of our society, and I understand that and it's too bad, but the Democrats can't ignore the large part of their coalition that seeks human rights for all groups. It is up to white workers to recognize where their true interests lie: with us, and not with the Republicans.
America First is not the way forward. Those who do not recognize that we absolutely live in a global society, and have done so for 130 years now, and that allies are needed among nations to ensure global justice, are truly deceived and need to be disabused of their mistake. Fair trade is perhaps the one issue where Trump got it right, but in his incompetence he has failed to deliver on that basically-Democratic Party goal. Genuine globalism recognizes that different peoples are at different levels of prosperity and freedom from capitalist abuse. Tariffs and borders are locks in the canals between peoples by which these levels can be adjusted.