"What happened? Why has American liberalism gone through such a sea change on this issue?"
The important point here is what happened after the 2008 Recession. For the last 12 years, Fed/government policies created massive investment in US cities (~765 billions across 11 cities). From this development you get the rise of (what I call) the …
"What happened? Why has American liberalism gone through such a sea change on this issue?"
The important point here is what happened after the 2008 Recession. For the last 12 years, Fed/government policies created massive investment in US cities (~765 billions across 11 cities). From this development you get the rise of (what I call) the "urban left".
Today's liberals are really just the urban bourgois of postindustrial society. I would argue you can't understand this sea change without understanding the major urban investment that's happened over the last 12 years. Three data points support this:
1. Changed nature of American left
2. Black populism manifest in Wokism - which is really a reaction to the lopsided urban development that built up white areas and either left out or gentrified black ones
"What happened? Why has American liberalism gone through such a sea change on this issue?"
The important point here is what happened after the 2008 Recession. For the last 12 years, Fed/government policies created massive investment in US cities (~765 billions across 11 cities). From this development you get the rise of (what I call) the "urban left".
Today's liberals are really just the urban bourgois of postindustrial society. I would argue you can't understand this sea change without understanding the major urban investment that's happened over the last 12 years. Three data points support this:
1. Changed nature of American left
2. Black populism manifest in Wokism - which is really a reaction to the lopsided urban development that built up white areas and either left out or gentrified black ones
3. Rural white populism/Trumpism