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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a typical educated and wealthy DC-area striver.  Atheist, support women's right to choose, value the diversity of cultures in this world, etc.  I wouldn't say no to a tax cut, lol.  I'm going to be good whoever gets elected.

We gotta face facts, though. Most of America is not like DC.  It's hugely white, under-educated, under-employed people, who have been truly screwed over by progressive policies.

They have to compete with millions upon millions of lower cost illegal migrants flooding across the borders.  They have been penalized by the color of their skin when applying to college and jobs. Suicide, depression, opioids, wars they have to fight and die in...it has gotten quite bad.

Once upon a time, democrats valued this massive part of America.  Do they still?  Can they?

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This is basically the Cliff Notes version of what Bill Maher has been saying for years.

I’ll add another layer - I was in multiple Walmarts in Delaware in the fall (searching for something very specific), and I observed the same thing each time: a smattering of black and white longtime DE locals who were visibly annoyed (at best) or almost confused at the overwhelming numbers of Spanish-speaking newcomers at every turn. All the local churches had flipped to Spanish as well. Imagine living in a small town that has completely shifted in terms of demographics. Hint: it’s far more noticeable in smaller areas than places like the dc metro area.

If you don’t think that change will impact votes, then I suspect you’ll get a big wake-up call in November.

FTR, I’m a Dem who will never vote R no matter what…but I see the writing on the wall. [/quote]

The same folks are also upset their crab meat cost $50/lb during COVID, lawn services are suddenly out of reach, and restaurant meals cost a fortune. It’s all related. We’ve run out of cheap labor demographically, and that’s a big part of what is driving up costs ( beyond simple profiteering which is also a factor).

Some communities have embraced the immigrants as breathing life into dying towns. Yeah, it’s a little hard to be a minority in your home. I imagine the former largely WASP residents of many areas felt the same way when the Irish, the Italians, the Polish, Eastern European Jews, etc. moved in and “took over” 100 years ago. But guess what- they all assimilated eventually and added immensely to the fabric of the country. In case anyone forgot their own family history, it did take a generation or two for that to happen. [/quote]

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