The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism - 3 Quarks Daily

The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism - 3 Quarks Daily

Simon Torracinta in the Boston Review: On February 18, in his inaugural memo as newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin was candid in his diagnosis. “When I talk about the state of the Democratic Party,” he wrote, “I often speak about the impact of perceptions—what voters see, feel, and sense. I believe the canary in the coal mine for what happened on November 5 was the recent showing that, for the first time in mode…

The Limits of “Abundance” Politics for the Democratic Party

Photo by Tierra Mallorca on UnsplashDuring last year’s election, I had no doubt that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was going to lose my home state of Georgia. People were too upset about the immigration situation, inflation had cut far too deep into Georgians’ pocketbooks, and swapping Joe Biden for Kamala Harris was a trade that maybe gave the party a chance to spare itself from a landslide but wasn’t going to persuade a lot o…