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[–] 60 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I am surrounded by engineers and scientists.. more than half of them dont vote beacause " this does not affect me". Frustrates me so much. This are educated people, relatively speaking. Maybe because they are still well-off economically? I don't know. I don't understand how they are so uninterested.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The engineers and scientists in my neck of the woods are very concerned about the shit that's going on. The unionized floor techs on the other hand lean far more favorably to the orange dolt.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Do you work at a shooting yourself in the foot factory or something? How the fuck could you be in a union and support Donald fucking trump or anyone associated with him?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is pretty common in the US unfortunately. Lots of union leadership and membership both lean hard right. Part of it is due to reactionary thinking and constant propaganda, and part is due to lots of people just being fucking stupid and illogical.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is not how it's always been.

    Unions etc used to be reliably Democratic.

    Over time the unions have been hollowed out and the Democratic party has increasing had an image problem.

    These lower workers think that the Democrats are only pandering to "woke" problems which that population obviously doesn't think affect them(and in some cases is actually detrimental).

    This is not really true but it is what they think and it's one of the reasons Trump does so well in that demographic regardless of what he does.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Absolutely. And it extends to more than just democrats. Unions have been brainwashed into thinking all progressive platforms are bad for labor, which is nuts. Have union guys in my city literally pitching about how labor socialists are anti-worker and MAGA candidates are better for them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I'm not saying this is always the case, but if a coworker or someone i know in a professional context asks me a political question I will say I have no strong opinions despite the opposite being very very true. Others may say this to strangers or to people who aren't their close personal friends.

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