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Democrats Are Throwing In the Towel on Rural America (jacobin.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Rural America is basically the 'working class.' They replaced them with neo-liberal corporate candidates and pro-corporate agendas.

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Downvoting OP doesn’t make this any less true.

Let’s get one thing straight. If your vision of the future excludes rural voters, for whatever reason, you are not a true progressive.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 12 hours ago

And you're doomed to lose every election under the electoral college.

[–] rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago

So true! ☝️