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(Serious) Why are "rednecks" not considered an ally of the urban leftist? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Although modern politics has changed things, rednecks have historically been anti authority and pro labor. Building a rural/urban alliance like Bill Clinton did would genuinely create an entirely new era of politics that would be friendly to liberal leftist ideologies.

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[–] 117 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Mostly just decades of brainwashing of the culture war. I’m an urban leftist who moved from a big city to a very small one in the rural countryside and the sheer amount of leftist ideals that get spouted by conservative voters I hear regularly is staggering. They have no clue that what they want from life is all left of center.

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  • [–] 44 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    But they only want it for their little group

    If you have different colour skin, like the same sex, have a different religion (or none at all), then you're evil and don't deserve a damned thing

    They're stupid and hateful and I'm not going to bother to dial back my contempt for them

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago

    Never forget they'd've rather shut down the public pool than have their kids share it with black kids; the unions were all for class solidarity, so long as the black working class weren't allowed membership.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago*

    Not a redneck but a collegue of mine said to me dead serious that a planned economy is not Communist, because big corporations use it.

    What are you gonna do with people that seemingly barely manage to find their mouth to put food in it?!

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