Trump’s billionaire-blue collar coalition has been smashed by class politics | Aditya Chakrabortty
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As tech bosses get richer and ordinary Americans struggle, Democrats put the case against the US’s grotesque unfairness – and voters responded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Remember the “vibe shift”? Just last year, columnists and corporate boardrooms alike declared that the second coming of Donald Trump meant the old rules of politics and even everyday civility were roadkill.

“I feel liberated,” one top banker told the Financial Times. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled … it’s a new dawn.”

Maybe the vibes shifted again.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The reason your job is soul crushing is you have no alternative.

    No, I have a few. I could put a bullet in my brain. That’s one.

    Downsize the corporations so they have competition, and you’ll see better, more rewarding jobs appear.

    Sure, sure. Downsize the corporations. Competition. Wonderful. Until it isn’t. Until consolidation, again. Time to downsize again to promote competition. Repeat cycle until the heat death of the universe. That bullet thing is sounding better and better.