Listen, Liberal or: What Ever Happened to the Party of the People - Thomas Frank Audiobook
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It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course.
But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming.
With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank’s Listen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party’s philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party’s old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.
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This post has 12 comments with rating of 3/5
May 12th, 2018
The ‘liberals’ didn’t put Trump forward though.. Or employ PsyOps & billionaires’ war chests to pump out propaganda to radicalise the alt right..
“Thomas Frank poses another possibility: that liberals in general — and the Democratic Party in particular — should look inward to understand the sorry state of American politics. Too busy attending TED talks and vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard, Frank argues, the Democratic elite has abandoned the party’s traditional commitments to the working class. In the process, they have helped to create the political despair and anger at the heart of today’s right-wing insurgencies. They may also have sown the seeds of their own demise. Frank’s recent columns argue that the Bernie Sanders campaign offers not merely a challenge to Hillary Clinton, but a last-ditch chance to save the corrupted soul of the Democratic Party.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/books/review/listen-liberal-and-the-limousine-liberal.html
May 13th, 2018
Frank wake up; the Republicans put a man in office
who said he can grab any woman by the PUXXY if he wants and that it way OK for another man call his own daughter a piece of axx! Not to mention the fact that a good portion of his top aids and personal lawyer are being investigated or are under a federal indictment. Then there is the fact the he the big man himself is being investigated and quite possibly could make it into the Guinness book as a world record liar. Hey everyone look over there, there’s nothing to see here! Really, trust me, really.
May 15th, 2018
“What ever happened to the party of the people?”
Hmm. A pretty bad time to promote this narrative considering we not only won the popular vote in the most recent national election by a crushing 3 million votes, but we’re also flipping deep red districts across the country, and stand poised to utterly destroy the Trumptards this November. :)
Enjoy the midterms. We will. :)
May 15th, 2018
Oh, and here’s a bit of trivia most people don’t realize until it’s pointed out:
Republicans have got more votes in a presidential election how many times in the past 25 years?
The answer? One.
Go on, indoctrinated scrubs. Look it up.
Now, with demographics inexorably shifting in our favor and your favorite form of cheating (gerrymandering) on the chopping block… Well, good luck. ;)
Owned.
May 16th, 2018
So salty everyone here, it’s wonderful
May 16th, 2018
Democrats’ political strategy:
- offer wellfare
- import people that need wellfare
= get a never ending supply of reliable voters, watch as the country plunges into insurmountable debt.
May 16th, 2018
Democrats’ political strategy:
+ offer massive welfare programs
+ import millions of people that depend on your welfare
= get a reliable voter base, be considered virtuous and watch as the country plunges into insurmountable debt.
May 16th, 2018
oops, double post
May 24th, 2018
Is anyone really that obtuse to believe that it is a welfare that put us into a debt?
It is the massive buyouts of businesses that don’t want to take loses only profits and military that cost more that any other “social programs” combined. Look the facts before you say something.
August 21st, 2018
A book for libs who don’t understand how power works and how cheaply their own kind has been bought off to serve private interests rather than remaining loyal to its working base. The Democratic Party would own all of American politics if it wasn’t so envious of the wealth and influence of its competition.
July 15th, 2019
cry more, libs
October 1st, 2019
@Askatazun — your comment didn’t age well, fed currently running a trillion-dollar deficit (and rising). That’s economic crisis-level spending. When will American conservatives learn that fiscal responsibility is about balancing the budget and paying down debt, not cutting taxes and going on wild deficit spending sprees?
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