"Flattering the prejudices and accommodating the aversions of the working class is not the same thing as furthering working-class interests. When the two diverge, Morena has too often privileged the former over the latter. That may not be very good policy, but it’s spectacular politics."
This failure to recognize working class values in the US is a very large part of why the Democrats have lost the working class. The general liberal economics are probably not super-popular to the working class either, but the stick in their eye is the cultural differences between college-educated Democrats and non-college-educated working class. It's the most visible and emotionally-charged conflict.
I’ve wondered for years why progressive leaders under fire haven’t studied AMLO carefully and realized that he cracked the code.
Donald Trump did it for the right. AMLO absolutely did it for the left, with smashing success — after 6 years of him in power, his hand picked successor won in a landslide, and is wildly popular. And this just isn’t about political power, as you point out in detail — they’e actually been demonstrably improving the lives of the middle class in Mexico.
Hey, democrats, look south. And I don’t mean anything after the “Not so fast” part.
I'm not sure I buy all of the descriptive claims or agree with any that border on prescriptive. But the article was interesting and I wanted to say thanks. Another winner from Quico :)
One reason why "working-class" is being discussed so much is because of the trends and developments that have led to more people over the last 30 years identifying as something other than working-class, due to digitalization, robotization, and automation, among other factors.
The situation in Mexico is more like a late train still running on fuel, while the American train is electric. The working class is not going to exist forever and could decline globally over the next 20-30 years.
"Flattering the prejudices and accommodating the aversions of the working class is not the same thing as furthering working-class interests. When the two diverge, Morena has too often privileged the former over the latter. That may not be very good policy, but it’s spectacular politics."
This failure to recognize working class values in the US is a very large part of why the Democrats have lost the working class. The general liberal economics are probably not super-popular to the working class either, but the stick in their eye is the cultural differences between college-educated Democrats and non-college-educated working class. It's the most visible and emotionally-charged conflict.
I’ve wondered for years why progressive leaders under fire haven’t studied AMLO carefully and realized that he cracked the code.
Donald Trump did it for the right. AMLO absolutely did it for the left, with smashing success — after 6 years of him in power, his hand picked successor won in a landslide, and is wildly popular. And this just isn’t about political power, as you point out in detail — they’e actually been demonstrably improving the lives of the middle class in Mexico.
Hey, democrats, look south. And I don’t mean anything after the “Not so fast” part.
I'm not sure I buy all of the descriptive claims or agree with any that border on prescriptive. But the article was interesting and I wanted to say thanks. Another winner from Quico :)
One reason why "working-class" is being discussed so much is because of the trends and developments that have led to more people over the last 30 years identifying as something other than working-class, due to digitalization, robotization, and automation, among other factors.
The situation in Mexico is more like a late train still running on fuel, while the American train is electric. The working class is not going to exist forever and could decline globally over the next 20-30 years.
Yes, left-wing populism and collectivism leads to bad beahviours and outcomes
An interesting perspective on Mexican policy and politics (about which one reads little in the U.S.). Thanks!