Really? What working class people? African-American working class people? Hispanic working class people? Undocumented workers?
Retired, white, former workers? No doubt. But the notion of a reactionary mass of workers is a convenient fallacy. But the facts are that the Republicans garner contributions from corporations at a rate and mass twice that of the Democrats-- that the biggest corporate contributor to Bush's 2000 campaign was.....the airline industry, surprise, surprise. Followed by..... more surprise, pharmaceuticals, insurance, etc. etc. Yes, Republicans do define themselves by class and property, and the Democrats try to obscure those specifics. Big deal. Here's the rule of thumb-- Republican elected when the bourgeoisie are going into a recession; Democrat when they want to come out of one. Republican workers? Sure. But that's a historical condition based on the lack of a specific class alternative. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] demo fervor > Is that so? The Repugs have been very successful in getting working class people to > vote for them by way of wedge issues and making the Dems. seem out of the mainstream. > > Electorally, their clearly define constituency is a minority and the Dems. do a > pretty good job of serving the corporations as well. > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 03:00:48PM -0500, Louis Proyect wrote: > > > > That raises an interesting question of *class*. The Republicans are > > successful because they have a clearly defined constituency that they fight > > tooth and nail for. This includes first of all the big bourgeoisie, but it > > also includes small proprietors and privileged workers, especially whites. > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu >
