So in light of the Democrats L, it could be interesting to discuss about a phenomenon that has been happening in the West since the 2000s and the solutions the Left can find to earn back the votes of the working class.
Historically, the working class and the uneducated (I mean it in the no college degree sense) were people voting for the Left which promised them better working conditions for their menial jobs and protection from their employers/capitalists through unions.
The Left's strongholds were usually industrial cities where blue collar jobs were abondant and fed familes. The promise was to work hard so at the end, you could send your kids to college and be a homeowner.
With outsourcing manufacturing jobs to lower wages countries in Asia or North Africa and with more machinery and automation in industries, the need for workers also slowly but surely decreased leaving entire cities, even regions with higher unemployment and frustration with politicians.
The Rust Belt in the US, the Saxony region in Germany, the North in France, Liverpool in the UK have been hit hard by those 80s policies. The rise of China as the world's factory also made made outsourcing those jobs far more profitable. As well, with climate change, the West focused more on reducing its carbon footprints which manufacturing is heavy on.
And that social elevation for the working class became no more. These days, it is not won by the Left but by the Right. And often by its far wing while the Left often succeeds mostly thanks to educated/high middle class people.
So how can the Left win the working class back in these times of globalization ?
Discuss
Historically, the working class and the uneducated (I mean it in the no college degree sense) were people voting for the Left which promised them better working conditions for their menial jobs and protection from their employers/capitalists through unions.
The Left's strongholds were usually industrial cities where blue collar jobs were abondant and fed familes. The promise was to work hard so at the end, you could send your kids to college and be a homeowner.
With outsourcing manufacturing jobs to lower wages countries in Asia or North Africa and with more machinery and automation in industries, the need for workers also slowly but surely decreased leaving entire cities, even regions with higher unemployment and frustration with politicians.
The Rust Belt in the US, the Saxony region in Germany, the North in France, Liverpool in the UK have been hit hard by those 80s policies. The rise of China as the world's factory also made made outsourcing those jobs far more profitable. As well, with climate change, the West focused more on reducing its carbon footprints which manufacturing is heavy on.
And that social elevation for the working class became no more. These days, it is not won by the Left but by the Right. And often by its far wing while the Left often succeeds mostly thanks to educated/high middle class people.
So how can the Left win the working class back in these times of globalization ?
Discuss
Hopefully my premise isn't too wrong 
