The irony is simply too delicious. Now that what Marx called the lumpenproletariat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpenproletariat) has arisen and given voice to its discontents the left hates them. I speak of the Trump supporters, now described by the left as racist, homophobic, jingoistic, biased, violent — you name it. Read Slate, the Nation. They attack Trump of course, but what really disturbs them are his supporters (the Trumpenproletariat or the Proletrumpians). The times they are a’changin’.
Back in the 70s there was a fun movie called “Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came”
Now we have “Suppose They Gave A Proletarian Revolution and No One from the Left Came.
The left has morphed in other ways as well — see — https://luysii.wordpress.com/2015/11/22/from-banned-in-boston-to-banned-in-berkeley-in-55-years/
This just in — New York Times 30 Jan ’16 page 1 “Union Leaders Wary of Trump” — The elites leading the unions (even the ‘more progressive’ ones such as SEIU) are worried that “Mr Trump if not effectively encountered, may draw an unusually large numbers of union voters.” If this isn’t the proletariat who is?
A variety of vignettes is given of various union members in unions all over the country supporting him, with estimates from 1/4 to 1/3.
This is another example of the disconnect between the political leadership (this time the unions) and the populace it claims to be speaking for. Trump, Bernie, Cruz take your pick. The discontent is out there.
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