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J. Thomas Dunn's avatar

Another great piece. Thank you.

Here's the thing that no one seems to get. You literally cannot build a better world without the working class.

We (I drive a delivery truck, yes I'm working class) can do it without them. They cannot do it without us.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Any politician wanting to show genuine respect for working people should consider the storied career of Eugene V. Debs. A railroad laborer turned union leader, his clear advocacy of the underprivileged became clear in the notorious and divisive Pullman strike during the 1890s. From here, he became one of the few far-left figures to successfully conduct a campaign for President, which he did several times during the 1900s and 1910s (He did one such campaign entirely from a jail cell after being imprisoned for sedition- let's see Trump try THAT!). His politics were honest in nature, but then, as now, he was too far on the left to even be considered for the office he campaigned for. The world's loss.

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