The Tradistae Podcast

#27 - (Excerpt) The Duopoly and the "Working Class"


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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 
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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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