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 The Mirage of “Middle Class”

In June, Democratic advisers began circulating the usual warning: The party needed to change its message. As the Washington Post explained, focus group testing had shown that the slogan of “‘economic fairness’ was a loser.” Instead, Democrats should talk about “growing the middle class.” Soon, leaders like... #press

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/middle-class-david-roediger-democratic-messaging-clinton-obama-cold-war-liberalism/?utm_source=press.coop