I do think, though, that that fight needs to be on behalf of American workers. For the past handful of years, we've tried the fight for liberty & justice and it didn't seem to matter. People don't care about the constitution and freedom if it means they can't afford food - I think that's the major lesson of Trump's win last year. Democra…
I do think, though, that that fight needs to be on behalf of American workers. For the past handful of years, we've tried the fight for liberty & justice and it didn't seem to matter. People don't care about the constitution and freedom if it means they can't afford food - I think that's the major lesson of Trump's win last year. Democrats need to return to their roots of fighting for blue collar workers and those who have been left behind.
I hear you but I also don't know why anyone would think that Trump's policies would help with grocery prices. Tariffs raise prices - this is Econ 101, not exactly news. Mass deportations potentially remove agricultural workers, driving prices up. Defunding the agencies fighting bird flu drives prices up. I could go on. It is maddening when people claim to have voted based on concerns around inflation, when Trump was clearly advocating for inflationary policies!
And again, being willing to throw vulnerable people to the wolves for "economic" concerns is gross. There are too many people in the US whose philosophy is "Eff you, I got mine" rather than solidarity and mutual care.
Your last sentence is so true. I see that a lot around me.
Also, so many of my friends and neighbors were just frankly, sold a bunch of lies and misinformation and then made decisions off that. I'm not sure what the answer is when misinformation and disinformation is rampant. I know there are many brave individuals trying combat it, but I'm not sure the people that need to see it, will see it. That, and they just discount it as "fake news". Such a sad state we're in.
It’s so sad that those two things - fighting to uphold democratic norms, and fighting for working people - are somehow perceived as to be very different, even opposing, goals. I know for many of us on the “blue” side, these are deeply intertwined. Maybe not in practice in DC, but certainly in my heart.
Oh yes, I fully agree. It breaks my heart that Trump's government has successfully sold the idea that government must be broken in order for the working people to thrive.
I do find it interesting that the GOP always talks about freedom, but in this current moment a lot of that freedom is being taken away. Banning books is not freedom, banning protests is not freedom, arresting people who committed no crime and are here legally is not freedom.
I do think, though, that that fight needs to be on behalf of American workers. For the past handful of years, we've tried the fight for liberty & justice and it didn't seem to matter. People don't care about the constitution and freedom if it means they can't afford food - I think that's the major lesson of Trump's win last year. Democrats need to return to their roots of fighting for blue collar workers and those who have been left behind.
I hear you but I also don't know why anyone would think that Trump's policies would help with grocery prices. Tariffs raise prices - this is Econ 101, not exactly news. Mass deportations potentially remove agricultural workers, driving prices up. Defunding the agencies fighting bird flu drives prices up. I could go on. It is maddening when people claim to have voted based on concerns around inflation, when Trump was clearly advocating for inflationary policies!
And again, being willing to throw vulnerable people to the wolves for "economic" concerns is gross. There are too many people in the US whose philosophy is "Eff you, I got mine" rather than solidarity and mutual care.
Your last sentence is so true. I see that a lot around me.
Also, so many of my friends and neighbors were just frankly, sold a bunch of lies and misinformation and then made decisions off that. I'm not sure what the answer is when misinformation and disinformation is rampant. I know there are many brave individuals trying combat it, but I'm not sure the people that need to see it, will see it. That, and they just discount it as "fake news". Such a sad state we're in.
It’s so sad that those two things - fighting to uphold democratic norms, and fighting for working people - are somehow perceived as to be very different, even opposing, goals. I know for many of us on the “blue” side, these are deeply intertwined. Maybe not in practice in DC, but certainly in my heart.
Oh yes, I fully agree. It breaks my heart that Trump's government has successfully sold the idea that government must be broken in order for the working people to thrive.
I do find it interesting that the GOP always talks about freedom, but in this current moment a lot of that freedom is being taken away. Banning books is not freedom, banning protests is not freedom, arresting people who committed no crime and are here legally is not freedom.