The punch line comes at about 10 minutes in. It helps to watch the run up to get the full flavor.
The short version if you don’t care to watch? Identity politics is a dead end because it requires human enemies. And ultimately the various identities have competing ideas. You can’t keep the identities together. And by making white people and especially white men, enemies of the State, you limit the size of your coalition. Significantly.
The Republicans in contrast promote a shared identity. American. The Democrats have a very clever counter to that. Convince citizens that they are not Americans. Given Mr. Cuomo’s recent statement and walk back – I don’t think that attitude is working too well for them.
Update: 19 August 2018 0147z
It looks like there has been a little racist dust up between two Democrats. One a Chinese woman and the other a Black woman.
Democrats In Disarray: Black Dem Apologizes For Racial Slurs Against Asian Dem.
Wait. I thought Democrats were against racism.
Racism is bad and so are white people – The New Democrats.
No racism there. None at all. Vote accordingly.
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16 responses to “The Democrats Embrace Jim Crow – Again”
wrong again simon! democrat has lost white men since 1968 after lbj signed civil rights bill. obama/trump voters while needed for red state down ballot races will be difficult to get back. economic sanders/trump voters maybe ;but not social conservative obama/trump voters. as for presidential election not necessary as clinton lost in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin for different reason. 6 million obama voters in 2012 did not vote in 2016 (this effected down ballot races) and another million+voted jill stein with johnson getting another three million democrat/independent votes that normally vote democratic. over half were blacks mostly male who thought hillary was appealing to everyone but them. had she nominated cory booker for veep(even though she has problem with black men)she would be madam president today. the non voting blacks have been polled and interviewed since the election and the reason they didn’t vote or voted for jill stein (her votes were the difference in mi. pa. wi.) was clinton didn’t like black lives matter and young blacks who support b.l.m. simon because want something to be true rally bad doesn’t make it true. election is coming and clinton is not on ballot. nancy pelosi is which is the only thing goppers have going for them!
Captain,
I link to evidence and show the videos.
Democrat racism is obvious to the meanest intelligence.
See you in November.
BTW thanks for the evidence of people defecting from the Democrats.
I expect that will continue. And accelerate.
republican party is shrinking as populists show the door to neo- cons libertarian conservative free traders. bill krystal and koch brothers are looking for a new home as is free tader donor class. here in az repukes are saying they are more trump worshiper then the primary candidates they are running against . jeff flake smart to quit when he did!
Cap,
There is no route to 270. The polls show….
And the neo-cons? I’d gladly give them back to the Democrats.
And the Koch Bros. claim to be Libertarian. They support Reason Magazine.
So you are at war with some of your allies.
Excellent.
captain*arizona
wrong again simon! democrat has lost white men since 1968 after lbj signed civil rights bill.
Perhaps you should take the time to learn something before putting fingers to keyboard.
Republican share of Presidential vote in South
1932 18.7%
1936 19.1%
1940 20.8%
1944 25.2%
1948 26.5%
1952 48.1%
1956 48.9%
1960 46.0%
1964 48.7%
The big increase for Republican presidential votes in the South came in 1952, with Eisenhower. Note that Eisenhower in 1956 did better than Goldwater in 1964. Yet the narrative is how Goldwater’s vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill is what turned the Solid South Republican.
Sorry to burst your bubble of ignorance.
No, not really sorry. I am delighted to burst your bubble of ignorance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1952 To get more data, just change the date.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/30/southern_whites_shift_to_the_gop_predates_the_60s_118172.html
captain*arizona
had she nominated cory booker for veep(even though she has problem with black men)she would be madam president today.
Given how the vote in Detroit went down from 2012 to 2016, helping turn Michigan for Trump, you may well be right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan
simon democrat base does not want neo=con artists trying to slither their way in. we don’t want koch brothers either! maybe alexandra ocasio-cortez can explain it to them! gringo 70,000 hillary votes were not counted by voting machines in detroit that republican gov. snyder’s overseer wouldn’t release funds to pay for servicing them (this was investigated by a commission) google 70,000 uncounted clinton votes in detroit. this is why detroit free press called michigan early because people told pollsters they had voted but didn’t know their votes were not counted!
Captain,
Paper ballots. Hand counted.
It is slow. But it can be checked. And rechecked.
BTW why do you think a Democrat city had voting machines?
Why does Chicago have voting machines?
Why is Soros big on voting machines?
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Socialism has one very big problem. The incentives are wrong. There are not near enough Stakhanovites to make it work.
I wasn’t discussing Presidential votes. I was discussing Federal and State Congress critters.
simon greg pal last and others have been complaining about the voting system sice 2000 welcome aboard! what the left calls democratic soc. today is actually non exploitive capitalism. I keep asking critiques which democrat soc. running for office is advocating nationalization of general motors? that is the soc. you talking about. people like the soc. of medicare and social security 15 dollar minimum wage that is what bernie and aoc are talking about. “oppose soc. get rid of medicare!” see where that gets your anti soc. screed.
Non-exploitive capitalism?
What is that? Capitalism without profit?
If you make “too much” money we will take the excess?
The problem with socialism is that the incentives are wrong.
Well, a $15 minimum wage?
What happens to businesses that can’t afford that?
What happens to workers who are not worth that?
what happened to the girl who was short 15 cents lunch money her lunch was thrown in the garbage. voters in az voted in 12 dollar minimum wage capitalists bitched and moan but az economy doing just fine and even worker shortage here! try reading maulthus iron law of wages. workers not worth it get fired. here in az you can fire workers for no reason and can’t get sued for wrongful dismissal! thoreau was asked by neighbor what he thought of the new railroad coming in. he said a few ride but most are run over. non exploitive capitalism you can make a profit but not by running people over. creative destruction is prosecuted.