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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 6014244" data-attributes="member: 60485">This hits a pretty close to the head right here. “The party has become culturally disconnected from, and disdainful of, precisely the voters it needs to win.”“The party <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w31794" target="_blank">ceased</a> to be a home for American workers long ago, owing to its support for digital disruption, globalization, large immigrant inflows, and “woke” ideas. Nowadays, those most likely to vote for Democrats are the <a href="https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/137/1/1/6383014" target="_blank">highly educated</a>, not manual workers. In the United States, as elsewhere, democracy <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-2024-democrats-must-return-to-working-class-priorities-policies-by-daron-acemoglu-2023-11" target="_blank">will suffer</a> if the center left does not become more pro-worker.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 6014244, member: 60485"] This hits a pretty close to the head right here. “The party has become culturally disconnected from, and disdainful of, precisely the voters it needs to win.” “The party [URL='https://www.nber.org/papers/w31794']ceased[/URL] to be a home for American workers long ago, owing to its support for digital disruption, globalization, large immigrant inflows, and “woke” ideas. Nowadays, those most likely to vote for Democrats are the [URL='https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/137/1/1/6383014']highly educated[/URL], not manual workers. In the United States, as elsewhere, democracy [URL='https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-2024-democrats-must-return-to-working-class-priorities-policies-by-daron-acemoglu-2023-11']will suffer[/URL] if the center left does not become more pro-worker.” [/QUOTE]

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