Fuck the braindead notion that we can say "Fuck the white working class."

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104. Actually they stated to leave in the 1970s

And by the 80s the US had already deindusrialized. The years of prosperity and growth that many associate the American Dream with was a period of about 25 years. It also coincided with a huge expansion of the military and the American empire through overturning soverign governments and replacing them with puppets favorable to US corporations controlling their economic resources.
To pretend that wasn't "corporatist" or globalization is absurd. Whey people are really lamenting is the decline of American empire and the ability of the US white working class to live off the exploitation of the Global South.

People need to be honest about that. No politician tells you that. They rely on historical mythology rather than leveling with voters.