Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
This idea that anyone who has enough wealth to be above the poverty line is “not working class” and “an unreliable ally” is straight out of Stalinism and one I see pretty frequently in lefty circles. Have a house? A paid-off car? A business? You’re a filthy kulak.
They often fall into the trap of seeing ‘working class’ as more of an aesthetic than as a way of relating to capital. Which is why they’ll fawn over construction workers and coal miners, but dismiss baristas and office workers.
This idea that anyone who has enough wealth to be above the poverty line is “not working class” and “an unreliable ally” is straight out of Stalinism and one I see pretty frequently in lefty circles. Have a house? A paid-off car? A business? You’re a filthy kulak.
Tankies are very susceptible to that, sure.
They often fall into the trap of seeing ‘working class’ as more of an aesthetic than as a way of relating to capital. Which is why they’ll fawn over construction workers and coal miners, but dismiss baristas and office workers.