good news, 99%! your incomes increased by 1% last year!! (nevermind that top earners' -- the so-called, "1%" -- incomes jumped 22.5% last year!!)
if you consider a new gilded age a problem (like most progressives do), might i point out that within the 99%, BOTH liberal AND conservatives' incomes have failed to rise?
these data show no tribal divide!
both red and blue -- indeed almost the whole population -- have seen their incomes rise only 1%!!
wage stagnation affects left and right alike, and yet the 99% fail to unite to put up a fight!! hmmm...
what keeps us so divided?
do we on the left think we need the other side to fight inequity?
if so, how do we talk about it in a way that unites, not divides us, the 99%?
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You could start by changing the title of your post, since it's basically saying that Democrats need to be like Dr. Doolittle to talk to Republicans cuz afterall, we're just a bunch of animals, right? hahaha! Real civil.
Aren't you doing exactly what this post is preaching against?
I suppose you're right. I hadn't really thought about that.
The thing is - I wasn't trying to denigrate Republicans, believe it or not - I was actually trying to chastise those on the left who SEE Republicans that way and 'do little' to engage in dialogue with anyone they disagree.
I am truly sorry that my weak attempt at a punny/clever title came across as uncivil.
It serves as a good reminder to me of how mindful I must be when discussing important topics like income inequality in these highly fraught and tribalized times.
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