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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 4988536" data-attributes="member: 66082">I have no idea because I never even been to Europe, but in America class identity is tied up in racial identity in a twisted way that&#039;s difficult to untangle.Like if you look at the economic policy preferences of self identified republicans and democrats, they are very very similar and they are clearly left of center.when it comes to higher taxes on rich people, spending money on educating children and healthcare, providing unemployment benefits, social security, medicare, a minimum wage, regulations to protect workers, regulations to stop companies from polluting the environment.&nbsp; These are all broadly popular in America.&nbsp; republicans don&#039;t have any real popular economic ideas outside of appealing to the belief that the wrong people are benefitting from government programs.What divides Americans and always has is WHO counts as fully American.&nbsp; Its what almost all political fights are about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 4988536, member: 66082"] I have no idea because I never even been to Europe, but in America class identity is tied up in racial identity in a twisted way that's difficult to untangle. Like if you look at the economic policy preferences of self identified republicans and democrats, they are very very similar and they are clearly left of center. when it comes to higher taxes on rich people, spending money on educating children and healthcare, providing unemployment benefits, social security, medicare, a minimum wage, regulations to protect workers, regulations to stop companies from polluting the environment. These are all broadly popular in America. republicans don't have any real popular economic ideas outside of appealing to the belief that the wrong people are benefitting from government programs. What divides Americans and always has is WHO counts as fully American. Its what almost all political fights are about. [/QUOTE]

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