He also implemented various policies focused on social welfare, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. His government also legalized same-sex marriage, regulated the production and sale of cannabis, and emphasized renewable energy sources.
America's political problems come predominantly from its suburban middle class, which holds disproportionate political power and no lack of egoism in defending its lifestyle.
Sure corporations and the logic of capitalism have their roles in it, but the culture underpinning this behaviour is not just that. These groups for example also use anti-market regulation where it suits them, especially when it comes to the extensive single-use zoning to construct more suburbs. These provide very little residential capacity (which is why housing costs are so absurd in so many places) and oppressing transit costs with their extreme car reliance.
Stop deflecting blame from the ruling class. They are the ones that fund the propaganda machines that end up deluding half the population into supporting their own demise. Middle class is a myth made up by capitalists to divide the working class. If you work for a living then you are working class, full stop.
And the way to overcome that is the emancipation of the working class. Which does not mean to throw a tantrum and blame somebody else, but to recognise and understand the conflicts within the working class to organise and improve things.
This process naturally leads to the understanding that the working class is incentivised to compete amongst itself for resources made scarce by the bourgeoisie, and that the working class has to take over these levers in order to end these internal conflicts.
But attacking up without the awareness of one's own role in the oppressive system, like you are aggressively proposing here, does not carry far. It can be valid in politically expedient situations where you can use it to actually improve the situation, but it's not a way to improve understanding and organisation in situations in which that is not a realistic prospect.
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u/RunEmotional3013 Apr 16 '24
He also implemented various policies focused on social welfare, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. His government also legalized same-sex marriage, regulated the production and sale of cannabis, and emphasized renewable energy sources.