The engineers and scientists in my neck of the woods are very concerned about the shit that’s going on. The unionized floor techs on the other hand lean far more favorably to the orange dolt.
Do you work at a shooting yourself in the foot factory or something? How the fuck could you be in a union and support Donald fucking trump or anyone associated with him?
This is pretty common in the US unfortunately. Lots of union leadership and membership both lean hard right. Part of it is due to reactionary thinking and constant propaganda, and part is due to lots of people just being fucking stupid and illogical.
Over time the unions have been hollowed out and the Democratic party has increasing had an image problem.
These lower workers think that the Democrats are only pandering to “woke” problems which that population obviously doesn’t think affect them(and in some cases is actually detrimental).
This is not really true but it is what they think and it’s one of the reasons Trump does so well in that demographic regardless of what he does.
Absolutely. And it extends to more than just democrats. Unions have been brainwashed into thinking all progressive platforms are bad for labor, which is nuts. Have union guys in my city literally pitching about how labor socialists are anti-worker and MAGA candidates are better for them.
Poor education and lack of critical thinking skills; it’s not exactly uncommon. In my neck of the woods, most trades workers support the Conservatives, unionized or not
The engineers and scientists in my neck of the woods are very concerned about the shit that’s going on. The unionized floor techs on the other hand lean far more favorably to the orange dolt.
Do you work at a shooting yourself in the foot factory or something? How the fuck could you be in a union and support Donald fucking trump or anyone associated with him?
This is pretty common in the US unfortunately. Lots of union leadership and membership both lean hard right. Part of it is due to reactionary thinking and constant propaganda, and part is due to lots of people just being fucking stupid and illogical.
This is not how it’s always been.
Unions etc used to be reliably Democratic.
Over time the unions have been hollowed out and the Democratic party has increasing had an image problem.
These lower workers think that the Democrats are only pandering to “woke” problems which that population obviously doesn’t think affect them(and in some cases is actually detrimental).
This is not really true but it is what they think and it’s one of the reasons Trump does so well in that demographic regardless of what he does.
Absolutely. And it extends to more than just democrats. Unions have been brainwashed into thinking all progressive platforms are bad for labor, which is nuts. Have union guys in my city literally pitching about how labor socialists are anti-worker and MAGA candidates are better for them.
Hating minorities more than they hate themselves probably helps. Or naïvety. Or both.
Americans are taught since birth that if they work hard at low wages, they will eventually become billionaires.
Poor education and lack of critical thinking skills; it’s not exactly uncommon. In my neck of the woods, most trades workers support the Conservatives, unionized or not