Philosopher Taylor Carman (Barnard) kindly gave me permission to share this apt observation he made on Facebook:
I am astonished that people on the left are bickering with one another about whether Trump’s victory (or more precisely, Hillary’s defeat) was “really” due to working-class resentment toward elite culture OR racism, sexism & xenophobia. Is it not perfectly obvious that it’s both & that the one breeds the other? Have we forgotten everything we learned about the rise of fascism a century ago? Chalking this latest disaster up entirely to the unaccountably crude prejudices of Trump supporters is the height of liberal hypocrisy. Let’s get serious.
He also posted a link to this piece about a sadly prescient observation by Chomsky.
UPDATE: This analysis is also relevant. White working-class men and union members moved in significant numbers from the Democrats to the Republicans compared to 2012. As the author notes: "More poor and lower-middle-class people voted Republican in this election than the last. More upper-middle-class and rich people voted Democrat. And union voters abandoned the Democrats dramatically."
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