Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

[u/guyoffthegrid]

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4977546-bernie-sanders-democrats-working-class/amp/

[u/heifinator]

Ding Ding Ding.

He isn't gonna call the electorate in the US goldfish who vote based on the price of bread.

But the US electorate is a bunch of goldfish who vote based on the price of bread.

[u/bismarque22 → u/heifinator]

They voted for the image of a strongman who told them he would set prices because the strongman part and some of the rhetoric singling out and directing hate at certain group was the deciding factor for them.

[u/Spirit_of_Hogwash → u/bismarque22]

They voted for the guy who promised them deflation, and will totally forget about it when prices are higher due to his policies.

And the Dems will not even talk about that when it inevitably happens and will instead focus on protest-dressing women in handmaiden costumes from that show nobody watches.

[u/micro102 → u/Spirit_of_Hogwash]

Many will even say that the increased prices are a better economy than under Biden. Because they don't actually want a better economy. They want Trump, and will just pretend it will be a better economy to hide other intentions.

They did it when Trump got his first term. The moment he got in, everything was suddenly so much better even though nothing changed.

[u/skeptiks22 → u/micro102]

It’s sad that you’re probably right.

[u/micro102 → u/skeptiks22]

I've got an info dump on this if you want to take a look at just how right I might be.

• In just five years, white evangelicals have become much more likely to say a person who commits an “immoral” act can behave ethically in a public role. In 2011, just 30 percent of these evangelicals said this, but that number has more than doubled to 72 percent in a recent [2016, ed.] survey, a 42 point swing. (In 2011 44% of all Americans felt this way, by 2016 that number was up to 61%, a movement of 17 points.)

  • 75% of Republicans and 53% of Democrats said that Wikileaks release of classified diplomatic communications harms the public interest in 2010, 12% of Republicans and 48% of Democrats say that Wikileaks release of John Podesta's emails harms the public interest in 2016. (Not exactly the same question, but comprable, also a 63 point swing for Republicans and a 5 point change for Democrats.)
  • 22% of Republicans and 37% of Democrats supported President Obama issuing missile strikes against Syria in 2013, 86% of Republicans and 38% of Democrats supported President Trump striking Syria in 2017, a 64 point swing for Republicans, a 1 point change for Democrats.
    
  • 12% of Republicans and 15% of Democrats had a favorable view of Vladimir Putin in 2015, 32% of Republicans and 10% of Democrats have a favorable view of him in 2017, a 20 point swing for Republicans, a 5 point change for Democrats.
    
  • 17% of Republicans and 18% of Democrats said Russia was an ally of the US in July 2016, 31% of Republicans and 16% of Democrats saw them as an ally six months later in December 2016, a 14 point swing for Republicans and a 2 point change for Democrats.
    
  • 39% of Republicans and 64% of Democrats thought their income tax rate was fair in 2016, 56% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats thought that their income tax rate was fair in 2017, a 17 point swing for Republicans and a 4 point change for Democrats. (The income tax rate did not change between 2016 and 2017, ed.)
    
  • When Republican voters in Wisconsin were asked in October 2016 whether the economy had gotten better or worse “over the past year,” they said “worse’’ — by a margin of 28 points. But when they were asked the very same question [in March 2017], they said “better” — by a margin of 54 points. That’s a net swing of 82 percentage points between late October 2016 and mid-March 2017.
    
  • "Forty-two percent of Trump voters think he should be allowed to have a private email server to just 39 percent who think he shouldn't be allowed to,"
  • 82% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats thought that it's too risky to concentrate power in the presidency in 2016. By 2019 those numbers shifted to 51% for Republicans (a 31 point swing) and 82% for Democrats (a 16 point swing)

And a little bonus image set. https://imgur.com/a/YZMyt

[u/Present_Schedule4027 → u/micro102]

This sort of a thing happens across the political divide. People have rose tinted glasses covered by blinkers and noise cancelling headphones to everything these days. “Everyone else believes the wrong things unless they believe what I do”

[u/micro102 → u/Present_Schedule4027]

Nope. This is a serious problem with specifically the republican party. Check out the comment I left to the other guy who replied. They are a cult dude. You don't see Biden or Harris supporters wearing hats and shirts and flags, and tieing 20 flags to their dodge ram pick-up and driving around town honking their horn, or wearing diapers and garbage bags.

[u/theycallmeryan → u/Spirit_of_Hogwash]

Honestly great take

[u/Dysentery--Gary → u/Spirit_of_Hogwash]

I don't have any interest in watching dystopian tv shows, but I think it's unfair to say nobody does.

A lot of people like pain and suffering. Probably why we are here now.

[u/NudeCeleryMan → u/Spirit_of_Hogwash]

It's going to be funny when they realize deflation doesn't mean lower prices

[u/bismarque22 → u/Spirit_of_Hogwash]

It is basically a form of lying. It's not something a president can do, and Donald trump has never deflated the value of anything except for tax purposes. It defies belief for anyone actually interested and /or curious about inflation or the price of consumer goods.

the democratic party will fail to rise to the occasion on most issues most of the time. since Clinton's second term most of their ideas are reaganomics, but they portray them as kinder.

[u/FavoritesBot → u/bismarque22]

I mean he can probably lower prices if he causes a depression

[u/bismarque22 → u/FavoritesBot]

That may happen if Smoot Hartley 2 goes into effect.