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The "blue-collar counties" they're talking about are 81% white.
The word "white" appears exactly zero times in the text of the article.
It's not about the economy.
The word "white" appears exactly zero times in the text of the article.
It's not about the economy.
WSJ: it's all about economic anxiety
The data: well actually it's about the ra-
WSJ: economic anxiety moves in mysterious ways, it's fascinating
The data: well actually it's about the ra-
WSJ: economic anxiety moves in mysterious ways, it's fascinating
“Trump won on economic anxiety” is the one thing the WSJ, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren agree on. It’s also a myth. White people on the left and center right need to confront that myth, not repeat it.
Thread on the myth of economic anxiety, and the data that contradict it.
Warren is one of my favorite candidates. But she needs to stop whitewashing white male supremacy like this. She of all people should know you don’t take the side of the WSJ over the side of the Democratic base.
