Two historians have said that the Democratic Party was wrong to overlook Bernie Sanders' policies for working class people.

Summary

Historians suggest Democrats might have fared better against Donald Trump by embracing the economic issues championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long pushed for a focus on “bread-and-butter” concerns for working-class voters.

Despite Kamala Harris’s progressive policies, polls showed Trump was favored on economic issues, particularly among working-class and Hispanic voters.

Historian Leah Wright Rigueur argued that Sanders’ messaging on economic struggles could be key for future Democratic strategies.

Sanders himself criticized the party for “abandoning” the working class, which he said has led to a loss of support across racial lines.

  • telllos@lemmy.world
    201·
    14 days ago

    Honestly, your democratic party is very right wing to most of European. And you saying people give up on politics and turn to sctivism is so sad.

    If the government doesn’t take care of his poor, minorities, what are they doing.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      20·
      14 days ago

      If the government doesn’t take care of his poor, minorities, what are they doing.

      Facilitating the transfer of wealth to the richest fraction of the population.

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      14 days ago

      The government and the companies in the US work together as legal shields protecting the wealthy and money siphoning systems from the public to the wealthy.

      For example: Johnson&Johnson poison babies with asbestos in their talc baby powder. Instead of the Johnson family losing money or facing any consequences, the company and its employees bear the repercussions. The government investigates at its own pace and might be defunded in the areas relating to investigations. The government doesn’t guarantee health care so people don’t even know they have issues from asbestos because they can’t even go in to be diagnosed without significant cost. Accessing legal help for a class action can also be difficult. These large companies also have huge legal teams to defend them including lobbyists who represent companies and as their sole job lobby the government. And then the government also gives tax breaks to Johnson and Johnson, and nearly free publicly funded research from university research and students who not only paid to go to school, but don’t receive money for these student publications. And then J&J can take that research and profit off it.

      America is a giant work camp.