I wanna preface this by saying I don't necessarily agree with his thesis but I do think there is something to it
Basically his idea is that since US politics is purely cultural the Democratic party will appeal to one cultural group and the Republicans the other. This cultural divide is caused by going to college where certain norms, mannerisms, and ideas are taught to people, ideas like white guilt. Thus the Democrats will become the party of college educated people who accepted the social norms put upon them in their college education. Since the liberal ideas about oppression offer very little if nothing to the mass of the working class (saying they should be happy with their white/male/hetero/cis privilege even though their lives suck) and most people who don't go to college are working class so they aren't even exposed to these ideas, the voting working class will begin to vote for Republicans because the Republicans at least offer external explanations of why things suck. Neither party will offer anything good.
He said "the Republican party will be the party of the working class" which was poor phrasing because he meant that those working class people without a college education who are politically invested will find the Republican party more appealing while college educated people will generally find the Democrats more appealing and people latched onto it.
His basis for this is Trump's and Biden's performance among the college educated and Trump's better performance with racial and ethnic minorities.
Thus the Democrats will become the party of college educated people who accepted the social norms put upon them in their college education.
Ah ok, thanks for writing all that out. I’ve always considered Matt to have the best grasp on politics in the group, and was cringing at the idea that he was using college education as the dividing line for class.
I wanna preface this by saying I don't necessarily agree with his thesis but I do think there is something to it
Basically his idea is that since US politics is purely cultural the Democratic party will appeal to one cultural group and the Republicans the other. This cultural divide is caused by going to college where certain norms, mannerisms, and ideas are taught to people, ideas like white guilt. Thus the Democrats will become the party of college educated people who accepted the social norms put upon them in their college education. Since the liberal ideas about oppression offer very little if nothing to the mass of the working class (saying they should be happy with their white/male/hetero/cis privilege even though their lives suck) and most people who don't go to college are working class so they aren't even exposed to these ideas, the voting working class will begin to vote for Republicans because the Republicans at least offer external explanations of why things suck. Neither party will offer anything good.
He said "the Republican party will be the party of the working class" which was poor phrasing because he meant that those working class people without a college education who are politically invested will find the Republican party more appealing while college educated people will generally find the Democrats more appealing and people latched onto it.
His basis for this is Trump's and Biden's performance among the college educated and Trump's better performance with racial and ethnic minorities.
Ah ok, thanks for writing all that out. I’ve always considered Matt to have the best grasp on politics in the group, and was cringing at the idea that he was using college education as the dividing line for class.