Red Stone Mask

4y

George Washington was right

The Young Blizzard

4y

Historically Yes

Right now, no

megabowzer

4y

DIVIDE AND CONQUER BABY - the rich

megabowzer

4y

The same people are open to pandering bullshit that never realizes any result. Yes, he personifies the upper class a******s, but the difference is he defended the factory workers publicly. Whereas Dems have been saying 1) we're going to remove your jobs 2) you're stupid.

It's not just FACTORY WORKER DUM!!!11. That's a plebeian overgeneralization.

My source: im a B2B business owner that works with factories.

megabowzer

4y

LOLOLOL. That's inconsistent with the Democrat media rhetoric and cancel culture that this side glorifies.

The Young Blizzard

4y

I never said that was right of him to say lol

I didn’t even support joe till he got nominee, I liked Bernie/tulsi tabard/Andrew yang more lol

madison beer guy

4y

I'm glad you brought this up. My dad is a union worker and I remember in 2004, 2008 and 2012 they would always hold rallies and support the Democratic candidate. In 2016 and 2020 that stopped. It seems like, at least around where I live, despite the obvious rift between the GOP and unions, Trump was able to break through that in some way. Just the other day my dad was telling me about how seemingly everyone he worked with was going to vote for Trump.

ASAKI

4y

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op is trying to have some nebulous claim that a majority of construction workers are right-wingers. the fact is that they'll always follow a populist candidate, it doesn't matter whether or not they're right-wing or left-wing.

it's why Bernie polled so well compared to Clinton in areas that have a heavy union/manual labor presence and why Trump also had the same effect.

Clinton and Biden have the appearance that they don't give a s*** about manual laborers (which, they really don't). Trump, while also not giving a s*** about manual laborers, has a facade that he does.

The Young Blizzard

4y

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Well f*** the job of manual labor one of my friends wakes up at 5am for work f*** that s***

FreddieKaneTop5

4y

Uneducated white voters are Trump’s main demographic though.

megabowzer

4y

Democrats were the party of the working class 20 years ago. Now they are the party of lib-left purple haired folks who hate simple folks. It's not complicated to see.

The Young Blizzard

4y

Historically Yes

Right now, no

madison beer guy

4y

my dad gets up at 3:05am

treeman

4y

I work for the gas company and it’s pretty much the same s***, bunch of 40 year old losers who haven’t done s*** with themselves thinking everyone is out to get them and trump is the only one who understands

ASAKI

4y

construction workers are not all uneducated nor white.

ASAKI

4y

op is trying to have some nebulous claim that a majority of construction workers are right-wingers. the fact is that they'll always follow a populist candidate, it doesn't matter whether or not they're right-wing or left-wing.

it's why Bernie polled so well compared to Clinton in areas that have a heavy union/manual labor presence and why Trump also had the same effect.

Clinton and Biden have the appearance that they don't give a s*** about manual laborers (which, they really don't). Trump, while also not giving a s*** about manual laborers, has a facade that he does.

ASAKI

4y

op is trying to have some nebulous claim that a majority of construction workers are right-wingers. the fact is that they'll always follow a populist candidate, it doesn't matter whether or not they're right-wing or left-wing.

it's why Bernie polled so well compared to Clinton in areas that have a heavy union/manual labor presence and why Trump also had the same effect.

Clinton and Biden have the appearance that they don't give a s*** about manual laborers (which, they really don't). Trump, while also not giving a s*** about manual laborers, has a facade that he does.

FreddieKaneTop5

4y

I would say the purple haired liberal idea is also a gross overgeneralisation. Works both ways. There’s more nuance to this

However, it is clear that uneducated white voters represent the overwhelming majority of Trump’s base. And when these people are pressed on why they vote for Trump, their reasoning is usually wanting to say the least. Trump’s policies and the GOP in general are antithetical to the interests of ordinary people. But those without education tend to not have a good grasp of the issues. Trump represented something easily digestible for them. It’s easy to outwardly defend factory workers while, at the same time, increasing the intensity of a system that keeps them impoverished with s***ty wages, precarious labour and loss of benefits over time.

ASAKI

4y

construction workers are not all uneducated nor white.

The Young Blizzard

4y

What’s populist?

ASAKI

4y

an individual who appeals to "common people" who feel disregarded by the elite and wealthy.

ASAKI

4y

construction workers are not all uneducated nor white.

The Young Blizzard

4y

Trump doesn’t appeal to me & I’m not elite or wealthy

ASAKI

4y

populism isn't by a person-by-person basis. populists just base themselves around being "the voice of the people".