11-20-2016, 03:59 PM
I'm not quoting the entire post from Bigzoman b/c it's a monster, but I agree for the most part.
I think one aspect of the Dems disregard of the rural/white working class is the rise of the technological class and innovations in computers and AI. The upper-middle class in urban/blue areas is largely comprised of people who work in tech that are relatively out of touch with the middle class of old. These are educated people, most with college degrees, not the former middle class of factory workers with high school diplomas.
Then there's the silicon valley crew, another largely liberal group. These people live in a world unlike any outside of Northern California. Not only do they not relate to the working class, they openly express a desire to create AI that will likely wipe them out entirely in a couple of decades. It kills me to read quotes from these people and the academics that evaluate the impact of their innovations. They talk about it like it's going to be some great cultural revolution, then mention that well, yeah, we're going to but over half of the country and possibly most of the world in a position that makes them completely unemployable. It will be a disaster.
They're just super-excited about putting most of the nation into poverty. This is where you will get even more extreme left and right political movements. This is where you will see a rise in racism and nationalism, tribal behaviors. People will no longer have the luxury of worrying about spending their middle class income or how they will retire. They'll be wondering how to survive, and they will make the anger of the Trump movement look like a polite conversation over dinner. Drug addiction will continue to rise just as it has in the rust belt, and some of the unemployable class will seek to profit from it out of necessity.
I think one aspect of the Dems disregard of the rural/white working class is the rise of the technological class and innovations in computers and AI. The upper-middle class in urban/blue areas is largely comprised of people who work in tech that are relatively out of touch with the middle class of old. These are educated people, most with college degrees, not the former middle class of factory workers with high school diplomas.
Then there's the silicon valley crew, another largely liberal group. These people live in a world unlike any outside of Northern California. Not only do they not relate to the working class, they openly express a desire to create AI that will likely wipe them out entirely in a couple of decades. It kills me to read quotes from these people and the academics that evaluate the impact of their innovations. They talk about it like it's going to be some great cultural revolution, then mention that well, yeah, we're going to but over half of the country and possibly most of the world in a position that makes them completely unemployable. It will be a disaster.
They're just super-excited about putting most of the nation into poverty. This is where you will get even more extreme left and right political movements. This is where you will see a rise in racism and nationalism, tribal behaviors. People will no longer have the luxury of worrying about spending their middle class income or how they will retire. They'll be wondering how to survive, and they will make the anger of the Trump movement look like a polite conversation over dinner. Drug addiction will continue to rise just as it has in the rust belt, and some of the unemployable class will seek to profit from it out of necessity.
