04-30-2019, 11:27 AM
(04-30-2019, 08:48 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Sure, he's just the right person to come with the message that has been there for many, but in terms of a electoral strategy, swing voters are going to be more concerned with helping themselves. Democrats don't need to worry about finding ways to counter policies that border on racism, they just need to focus on medicare, social security, taxes, and jobs. "Have Trump and the Republicans policies actually helped you?"
The problem is that the nationalist movement has tied it all together. They have convinced everyone that foreigner countries and immigrants are to blame for all the problems with jobs, taxes, health care, etc.
Over the last 40 years almost all of the new wealth created in the United Sates has gone to the top 5% of the population, yet middle class Trump followers are convinced that immigrants are to blame for their economic problems.
A good part of the growth in our economy is based on increased military spending by our government, yet Trump claims that we are forced to spend more on the military by foreign countries that won't "pay their fair share".
"Nationalism" is being used to cover for economic policies that benefit the wealthy over the middle and lower classes.
