Democrats organize to fight back

[Eric the Green]

(12-22-2016, 02:59 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: A significant percentage perhaps a majority of white working people don't give a rat's ass about transgender bathrooms, CO2 footprints, welfare / AFDC, geopolitics, etc. These are the province of more wealthy whites. As the nature of the typical wealthy white shifted from some sort of "Thurston Howell III" stereotype to people like those who attend Democratic political fundraising dinners on Billionaires' Row, the Democrats re-tuned their platforms accordingly. The problem with this is the typical white working stiff in Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Wheeling, etc, was essentially left behind by this shift.

The only problem with this image is that polls show that wealthy whites overwhelmingly support the Republicans. Meanwhile, many working whites do care about transgender bathrooms and other culture war gimmicks and nostrums, and very much about other scapegoats like welfare and AFDC. They are susceptible to nationalist and militarist rhetoric too, because they have vicarious pride in their nation as the top dog and top bully. This may not be true of white working class folks in the Bay Area, for the most part, but it's certainly true of the majority of middle American white working class folks. The white working stiffs are easy prey for the demogogues who actually represent no-one but the oligarchs who don't care about the people at all.

I like what Sanders is doing and going out into middle America and seeking them out, helping them to see beyond their prejudices and delusions, not by insulting them (as I might do here), but honestly explaining to them who is on who's side, really. It's not ideologues like Galen. It's not Mnuchin or Rockhead Perry or Rex Tillerson or Donald Drumpf. It's people like Bernie who are on their side, and they need to know it. More of this kind of activity will be needed.