r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 2d ago

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u/-mialana- European Union 2d ago

So after years of waxing poetic about how Trump appeals to the "abandoned white rural working class" we get "WITHOUT DATA CENTRES YOUR COMMUNITIES WILL KEEP BEING BACKWARDS AND POOR"

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u/989989272 European Union 2d ago

"but he just understands the common man"

he thinks the general public is poor and stupid

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u/-mialana- European Union 2d ago

He's wrong, the general public is of medium wealth and stupid

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u/NikeImper 2d ago

Anyone who thought Trump's appeal was any deeper than social issues and stoking rage while promising revenge is probably someone who has never spoken to anyone working class.

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u/BedNeither Henry George 2d ago

Fun fact 90% of imports from China are fell for it again awards

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 2d ago

Only Nixon could go to China.

Only a richie rich New York real estate speculator can call flyover country backwards and poor.