this same phenomenon also explains much of certain progressive's naivety when it comes to "how Democrats lost the white working class" or "both parties are the same"

March 14, 2026 - 19:47 UTC

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Yeah, growing up going frequently to a gym/social club which was a major union hangout spot gave me a nice snapshot into the evolving state of the old white ethnic union working class voting block and, *ooh boy* there are reasons why they flipped and it's not the fun ones.
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Hate women in their workforce
Not fond of brown people (but they’ll take a black man over a woman)
Love guns
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I mean northern unions were a big reason why Jesse Jackson never won a presidential nomination.
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