Comment Re:So what's the reaction? (Score 1) 184
I appreciate the thoughtful reply, and for being candid about your political leanings. A few points:
>>The interesting challenge for politicians attempting to court those people, though, is that there seems to be nothing that anyone actually could or should do for them. They are mostly all better off than they were years ago.
They're definitely NOT better off. We've got 2 generations now (millenials and zoomers) who can't afford to marry, buy houses, or have kids. Conservatives typically think this is a moral shortcoming, but it's actually economic. The yawning gap of inequality is turning us into a third-world shithole.
>>Those working-class voters don't want the government to help them, they want the government to make sure they don't need help, by rolling the clock back to a world in which blue collar labor was the core of American prosperity
You'd be surprised. Oklahoma and Idaho just passed Medicaid expansions. Florida overwhelmingly passed the $15 minimum wage. Healthcare and a living wage are consensus issues in this country. The only ones holding us back are our politicians.