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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thomas does a class analysis that breaks down the coalitions of the duopoly in the USA, using evidence from the donor and voter bases of the 2020 presidential election.
Links:
GOP:
- Old Industry (oil, coal, manufacturing and extractives in general)
- Military/Police
- Small Business
- Manual Laborers
DEM:
- New Industry (Big Tech)
- Artists/Creatives
- Big Business (hedge funds, banks, Amazon, Walmart, etc)
- Professionals/Managers
Bloomberg Breakdown of Donors: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-election-trump-biden-donors/
Top Biden Campaign Donors: https://www.investopedia.com/top-donors-to-biden-2020-campaign-5080324
Top Trump Capaign Donors: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/033116/top-10-corporate-contributors-trump-campaign.asp
Absolutely Vapid and Insidious Tweets from Either Side of the Aisle:
The "Progressive" Democrats: https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1325121222615527424?s=20
The "Populist" Republicans: https://twitter.com/tradtom/status/1325146385226690560?s=20
P.S.
Another breakdown of voters, which confirms this analysis, which came out after I recorded this: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/election-2020-democrats-republicans-economy.html
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