I’ll admit it. I haven’t paid close attention to the GOP primary, with Trump so far ahead of his rivals. But a shift in support and a big endorsement caught my attention. Today I talk about Nikki Haley, her policies, and what it might mean if she won. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/is-it-time-to-take-nikki-haley-seriously?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Nikki Haley hates unions, public education, and healthcare.
Republican libertarians believe all efforts at collective action is "communism"and therefore suspect
Labor rights. Public schools. Pollution controls. Rule of law. Taxation. Regulatory oversight. Fiscal guidance. Social safety net. Public health. Government. Gun safety. Voting. Democracy itself.
@Npars01 @shuttersparks @jaykuo
Libertarianism is the ultimate divide and conquer.
@Npars01 @shuttersparks @jaykuo To be fair, that's tradition for the SC ruling class. Growing up in SC, mostly Charleston, 1969-1987, I barely even realized unions still existed till I moved to Chicago for college.
@Npars01 @shuttersparks @jaykuo And in the South, at one time(and still psychologically at the least) racism was a great way for the Southern ruling class to keep the working class fucked by splitting it along racial lines
@jlroberson @shuttersparks @jaykuo
Racial segregation was used to undermine unions in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maine, & Ohio.
The Bradley Foundation kept racial animus going everywhere to thwart unions, especially teachers & nursing unions.
The GOP are desperate to keep their wage suppression on women's labor & POC's labor.
30% discount for white women.
54% wage discount for black women.
If the ERA had been ratified 50 years ago, GOP billionaires would have lost their labor discounts
@shuttersparks @jaykuo
Nikki Haley genuinely hates unions