After all, slave labor is cheap and lets the wealthy pool wealth, while feeling good about pouring money and industry into third-world countries. Best of all, it left the purchasing power of the middle class intact.
For a time.
I do agree though, that the liberals turned a blind eye when things were becoming unsustainable in the rust belt (fly-over country).
I cringed when my co-workers talked about “fly-over” country, but I was equally shocked when Hillary Clinton lost.
As much as I hate to say it, Trump getting elected (wrong person, but gets a point across) shows the system sort of works.
Edit: Just to be clear, I’m a liberal at the end of the day but anyone who thinks “their side” doesn’t have problems, I can’t really agree with.
That's not taking for granted like you are saying. That's coastal elites and intelligentsia looking at "fly over" working class with contempt. It's a mutual cultural divide equivalent to xenophobia.
>Just to be clear, I’m a liberal at the end of the day but anyone who thinks “their side” doesn’t have problems, I can’t really agree with.
Not a Trump supporter. I'm a "politically homeless" liberal as well.