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The Rural vs the Far Left — from Marx to AOC
The Rural vs the Far Left — from Marx to AOC
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9 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2023
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Podcast episode
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83% of America's counties voted for Trump in the 2020 but these counties account for only 29% of America's GDP. Why aren't this lesser off rural/exurban population voting for the party who theoretically are most aligned with their interests i.e. the Democratic Socialists? The answer might lie with Karl Marx who saw this population as "rural idiots" representing "barbarism within civilisation". For Marx only the urban working class could bring about societal transformation. Every successful Communist revolution had to unlearn this bias of Marx. Looking at the American political situation today we see two Americas: a rural/exurban ocean and a densely populated urban and suburban archipelago. And like Marx rather than his successful revolutionary followers, the Far Left of today dismiss these ruralites as Conservative Reactionaries rather than the most readily mobilisable support. ____________________⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy_________________ ? More from The Living Philosophy▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9▶ ? Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/________________?Media Used:1. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod2. Mermerize — Kevin MacLeod3. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod4. Despair & Triumph — Kevin MacLeodSubscribe to Kevin MacLeod [https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic](https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic)_________________⌛ Timestamps:0:00 Introduction1:23 The Urban Rural Divide2:55 The Deeper Roots of the Problem5:52 Revisiting America's 21st-century Divide
Released:
Jun 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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