Idrees Kahloon, "The ‘Consumer Socialism’ Trap" https://theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/ 08/mamdani-affordability-crisis-consumer-socialism/687603/

Perhaps trivial but an eye-opener to me.

" 'Consumer socialism' does not liberate workers from the exploitation of owners; it liberates consumers from the burden of prices."

"One irony of consumer socialism is that it is better tailored to the laptop classes—which now form the backbone of the Democratic Party—than to the American left’s traditional working-class base."

Perhaps one reason why today's "working-class" is staunchly conservative.

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