Rather than addressing economic grievances, liberal politicians like Hillary Clinton attacked working-class voters morally as racist and ignorant while dismissing their 30 years of income stagnation as irrelevant, thereby accelerating populist consolidation.
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John GrayEvidence Quote
“telling them that they're deplorables... the reduction in their life life their income and their wealth which had been going on in America... for 30 years. It's irrelevant”
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Trump is just the beginning | John Gray on the future of American politics— The Institute of Art and IdeasCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:26:20 AM
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