Bad take. This is anti-working class woke liberalism at its worst. :liberalism:
Try caring about all segments of the working class, or does it not make you FEEL as good as being able to laugh over the graves of millions of people dying early because of capitalism does?
A brilliant analysis-and funny to boot-What's the Matter with Kansas? is a vivid portrait of an upside-down world where blue-collar patriots recite the Pledge while they strangle their life chances; where small farmers cast their votes for a Wall Street order that will eventually push them off their land; and where a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs has managed to convince the country that it speaks on behalf of the People.
For white Americans between 45 and 54, average life expectancy was no longer increasing; in fact, it was actually declining — in a pattern seen almost nowhere else on Earth.
Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. This critically important book paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline, and provides solutions that can rein in capitalism’s excesses and make it work for everyone.
so, desperate working class people who feel like there is no alternative to present conditions are dying at a higher rate than others. You know that's people who would, if they weren't dead or dying, be receptive to a dialectical materialist understanding of class and American politics, yes? What makes you assume the majority of them are racists?
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Bad take. This is anti-working class woke liberalism at its worst. :liberalism:
Try caring about all segments of the working class, or does it not make you FEEL as good as being able to laugh over the graves of millions of people dying early because of capitalism does?
What's the Matter with Kansas? (2005)
A brilliant analysis-and funny to boot-What's the Matter with Kansas? is a vivid portrait of an upside-down world where blue-collar patriots recite the Pledge while they strangle their life chances; where small farmers cast their votes for a Wall Street order that will eventually push them off their land; and where a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs has managed to convince the country that it speaks on behalf of the People.
:amerikkka:
Good point. A book written by turbo :LIB:
Wait are you sure it's not wiping out minorities too
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/817687042/deaths-of-despair-examines-the-steady-erosion-of-u-s-working-class-life
For white Americans between 45 and 54, average life expectancy was no longer increasing; in fact, it was actually declining — in a pattern seen almost nowhere else on Earth.
that's an interesting take.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691217079/deaths-of-despair-and-the-future-of-capitalism
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. This critically important book paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline, and provides solutions that can rein in capitalism’s excesses and make it work for everyone.
so, desperate working class people who feel like there is no alternative to present conditions are dying at a higher rate than others. You know that's people who would, if they weren't dead or dying, be receptive to a dialectical materialist understanding of class and American politics, yes? What makes you assume the majority of them are racists?
Pathetic lol