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This 2016 HBR article delivers the goods: why Trump won and why the Democrats are clueless about the actual very valid reasons for his support (despite all his flaws). Here is the juiciest bit:
Talking about a green deal, social distancing, justice for minorities, healthcare for all will only drive his constituency madder and closer to him. All those are good, but the Dems need to provide something for the WWC too, and free trade and student loan forgiveness ain't it, but better and more middle class jobs and less pandering to the poor and entitled is a good start.
“The thing that really gets me is that Democrats try to offer policies (paid sick leave! minimum wage!) that would help the working class,” a friend just wrote me. A few days’ paid leave ain’t gonna support a family. Neither is minimum wage. WWC men aren’t interested in working at McDonald’s for $15 per hour instead of $9.50. What they want is what my father-in-law had: steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life to the 75% of Americans who don’t have a college degree. Trump promises that. I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.
Talking about a green deal, social distancing, justice for minorities, healthcare for all will only drive his constituency madder and closer to him. All those are good, but the Dems need to provide something for the WWC too, and free trade and student loan forgiveness ain't it, but better and more middle class jobs and less pandering to the poor and entitled is a good start.
