Thread by @BlueSteelDC

The recent election in Hungary and Poland demonstrated something that we know but have not admitted in the United States.

Income inequality conversations is about our equality NOT yours

These conversations were not meant to be inclusive.

More brown, black and Asians have money than before and a middle class lifestyle. The lifestyle for whites are less cemented due to shifts in industry. So it’s now a crisis.

This is the crux of population

I am usually not this militant and less so in the morning

But what is anti globalization but to say - the places I formerly exploited are getting a more equitable deal than I care to give up and I don’t like it.

American politicians are using coded populist language to hide the fact that they aren’t speaking about real equity.

Bring the job back?

Let’s understand what they are saying. Most of the time the new supply chains has already automated most of the process.

*populism

The job isn’t coming back because when it was outsource they changed it before leaving
The micro parts that are now done overseas are not what Americans want to do. And the money paid overseas is a middle class salary there and not here.

The job that stayed here is working a highly specialized machine that requires at least 40 hours of training.

The world is now uncertain for those who considered themselves a top dog and this is where the anger is coming from. And social programs to help would be nice

The culture at the top wants more economic certainty for the culture at the top. Fair!

But don’t pretend it’s about equity

This guy who probably lives better than millions of ppl in the world has never given his privilege a seconds thought.

That hits me as disingenuous