David Walters writes: "I've never seen anyone argue that MAGA doesn't have any significant support among within the working class. Not on this list. Not on other social media. I think that is sort of a straw-man argument." Actually, in 2016 there were a lot of people on the left making that claim, based on the fact that the average Trump voter's income was higher than the average income of the average Clinton voter. That was a false use of statistics, partly because the overwhelming majority of black voters voted for Clinton, so that skewed the statistics. Also, in the U.S. income is not a good gauge of class.
Many socialists continued to make that claim, including Anthony Boynton in the group Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign. He and a close comrade of his (whose name slips my mind) argued adamantly for that position a year or two ago within that group. I don't know if he now admits that he was wrong or not. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34373): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34373 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110399832/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
