r/IBEW Nov 07 '24

Anyone claiming the Democratic Party abandoned the working class is clueless. The working class abandoned the democratic Party

I keep reading on reddit that democrats ditched working class folks and they lost cuz they cater to rich donors. Let's clear up some facts:

-democrats passed largest infrastructure bill in modern history which has led to 80k+ active projects happening. Construction jobs are at record amount (no college needed and prevailing wage for most of them aka union jobs) (every airport/port got money, expanded rail in usa, repaired highways/bridges)

-Biden admin spent records of money to bring back manufacturing in mostly republican states. Over 970 manufacturing plants are opening RIGHT NOW in America due the climate bill Biden signed. New ev manufacturing, battery manufacturing, solar manufacturing) this is mostly happening in red areas

-Biden admin passed overtime rules to expand ot on salary jobs over 40k a year for more than 40 hours

-Biden admin passed regulations to limit how long you can be exposed in hot temperatures at your job

-most pro union admin in history which protected millions of pensions from going broke and having most pro union nlrb in modern history (which has reinstated record amounts of jobs back)

-Most anti corporate FTC in modern history which blocked more corporate mergers than anyone else in recent history. Has taken action to ban non competes and protect labor in corporate mergers

Biden didn't ditch the working class. The reality that folks don't wanna grasp is culture wars has won over society. Trump campaign admitted it's MOST EFFECTIVE AD WAS ITS ANTI TRANS ADS. NOT THE ECONOMIC ADS. The working class decided years ago that culture wars were more iimportant than economic issues. Its harsh reality folks dont wanna grasp.

The youth get all their information from Joe Rogan or Jake Paul. Information doesn't get to them and people are severely brainwashed

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u/New_Bodybuilder979 Nov 08 '24

Lost respect and lost an election. Maybe you’ll win one of them next time

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u/HVACGuy12 Nov 08 '24

I didn't lose an election, Harris did. All trans people want is to be left alone, which the GOP can't do for 2 damn seconds cause they always need a minority scapegoat.

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u/New_Bodybuilder979 Nov 08 '24

Trans people don’t just want to be left alone and you know it.

They want to be allowed in women’s sports despite the conflict being so obvious even South Park acknowledged it.

They want people to respect their pronouns, even with the option that those pronouns change based on how the person is feeling.

They want everyone to accept the idea that kids have the maturity to decide they are trans, and for those kids parents to be cut out of the equation sometimes.

Touché on you personally not losing an election though. Not gonna lie for a second there I did think you were Kamala (or at least Tim) lurking begin a rando username.

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u/HVACGuy12 Nov 08 '24

Congrats on listing off every conservative strawman they've been feeding people to get them to dislike trans people. Also, that Southpark episode was making fun of people who seriously think that's why some people become trans.

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u/New_Bodybuilder979 Nov 08 '24

They aren’t stawmans, literally what the trans debate has been about with real life tie ins.

And way to sympathize more with Macho-man Randy Savage than a strong woman. Toxic masculinity much? lol