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Both Sanders and Trump excoriated the neoliberal politics of distribution, but their politics of recognition differed sharply. Whereas Sanders denounced the "rigged economy" in universalist and egalitarian accents, Trump borrowed the very same phrase but colored it nation- alist and protectionist. Doubling down on longstanding exclusionary tropes, he transformed what had been "mere" dog whistles into full-throated blasts of racism, misogyny, Islamophobia, homo- phobia, transphobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment. The "working-class" base his rhetoric conjured was white, straight, male, and Christian, based in mining, drilling, construction, and heavy indus- try. By contrast, the working class Sanders wooed was broad and expan- sive, encompassing not only Rust Belt factory workers but public-sector and service workers, including women, immigrants, and people of color.

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Both Sanders and Trump excoriated the neoliberal politics of distribution, but their politics of recognition differed sharply. Whereas Sanders denounced the "rigged economy" in universalist and egalitarian accents, Trump borrowed the very same phrase but colored it nation- alist and protectionist. Doubling down on longstanding exclusionary tropes, he transformed what had been "mere" dog whistles into full-throated blasts of racism, misogyny, Islamophobia, homo- phobia, transphobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment. The "working-class" base his rhetoric conjured was white, straight, male, and Christian, based in mining, drilling, construction, and heavy indus- try. By contrast, the working class Sanders wooed was broad and expan- sive, encompassing not only Rust Belt factory workers but public-sector and service workers, including women, immigrants, and people of color.
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As the multisystem crises of late capitalism intensify, faith in these assumptions will continue to deteriorate. People embrace radical alternatives that would be unthinkable in the dying social order.
Fraser identifies two alternatives: European-style social democracy or White nationalist populism.
The Democratic Party, as recently as the Harris-Walz campaign, has resisted calls for more redistributive economic policies from people like Bernie Sanders.
While the GOP and Trump offer fascism.

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