Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
One’s relation to capital does. If she makes her money by owning a restaurant, she’s owing class, not working class.
The reality is that politics were never meant for the working class, and still aren’t for the working class. Its basically impossible for anyone without a sufficient social safety net to run for office. Graham Platner is as working class as they come. Period.
So, in other words, not working class. Just like you said: politics were never meant for the working class, and still aren’t for the working class.
“As close as they come” doesn’t mean anything. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Maybe she’s still a good politician or a good person despite being owning class. But that doesn’t make her working class. Working class doesn’t mean ‘good people’ and it doesn’t mean ‘allies of the working class’. It means ‘people who work for a living’.
Policies do not make one working class.
One’s relation to capital does. If she makes her money by owning a restaurant, she’s owing class, not working class.
So, in other words, not working class. Just like you said: politics were never meant for the working class, and still aren’t for the working class.
“As close as they come” doesn’t mean anything. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Maybe she’s still a good politician or a good person despite being owning class. But that doesn’t make her working class. Working class doesn’t mean ‘good people’ and it doesn’t mean ‘allies of the working class’. It means ‘people who work for a living’.