Bhaskar Sunkara
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A coalition based on ideology is thinner than one based on both ideology and shared material interests. This fact will create new dilemmas for the center-left parties when they come to power with post-dealignment coalitions. theideasletter.substack.com/p/social-democ…
Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out.
The shift from “working class” to “marginalized” plus specific progressive policy is emblematic of a lot of radical left parties in Europe. Interesting to see it manifesting in the Democratic Party here.
Bidenomics fell flat electorally. It was progressive — it was ahead of Europe, for example, in terms of its upstream industrial policy initiatives — but it just did not do enough for the stuff that people feel immediately. My new longform Interview with @sunraysunray
China is going to dominate this century if we keep teaching math this poorly in school.
Congratulations to everyone who made this happen. Hope that protest vote was worth it.
One week after the election and “Who Cares About Losing Working-Class Voters” Chuck is already double-downing on identity politics. Resign!
This new class of Dem Senators is the most diverse slate of candidates ever Sens. Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks mark the 1st time 2 Black women have served together in the Senate Sen. Kim is the 1st Korean American to serve Sen. Gallego expands the number of Hispanic Senators
Liberal organizations attacking tariffs (there’s a place for them, but they need to be designed right) and defending the filibuster. We’re going to see a lot of policy zig zags for the next four years.
‘Bueller? Bueller?’ — This iconic scene with Ben Stein might be 37 years old but feels like essential viewing as we all argue about tariffs
Animus toward white working-class men is an acceptable outlet for general anti-working class sentiment for some professionals. They'd say it about working-class people of all races if they could.
Have been fighting an uphill battle since 2021 trying to make the Democrats and economists realize that a) inflation is dangerous even if transitory, and b) the government can fight inflation without pushing people into unemployment. 6k words reflection with @sunraysunray
Click here for a ~6,000-word interview I did with economist @IsabellaMWeber (I'm not selling it well, but it's very interesting.) jacobin.com/2024/11/inflat…
Estimated raw change in votes for Democrats from 2020 to 2024: Under 30: -3 million votes Black voters: -2 million votes Latino voters: -2 million votes Under 50k: -6 million votes $50k-$99k: -7 million votes $100k+: +7 million votes
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If there is one single lesson of the last election, and really, the last four years, it’s that DELIVERING MATERIAL BENEFITS TO WORKERS WILL NOT HELP YOU ELECTORALLY. Which basically annihilates the left’s entire theory of politics
Bernie Sanders responds to Nancy Pelosi's statement that "I don't respect him saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the working class." SANDERS: "We have not even brought forth legislation to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, despite the fact that some 20 million…
Bernie was absolutely slammed in 2022 by Democrats for saying that they couldn't just run on abortion. They overperformed in low-turnout midterms and learned the wrong lessons and decided to run on abortion and democracy in 2024. theguardian.com/us-news/commen…
The Democrats lost this election because they ignored the justified anger of working class America and became the defenders of a rigged economy and political system. bostonglobe.com/2024/11/10/opi…
No amount of progressive media will be able to convince people that their perceptions of their own daily lives are wrong and that there’s no cost of living crisis when there actually is one.
"It wasn’t the economy," @mtomasky says. "It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer" — the right-wing media. newrepublic.com/post/188197/tr…
“The idea that one can rely on racial solidarity to win the votes of a Black professor at an elite college, a domestic worker from El Salvador, and a computer programmer with family in Mumbai has always been based largely on hope.”
My take on what to do after the big, bad election: dissentmagazine.org/online_article…
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