OPINION by sociologist Jessica Calarco: Jessica warns “those who are betting on Trump and his promise to bring back manufacturing risk putting us all in a more precarious position—pushing us back to Gilded Age levels of inequality…” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... - ThreadSky

msnbc.com • 78 days ago

OPINION by sociologist Jessica Calarco:

Jessica warns “those who are betting on Trump and his promise to bring back manufacturing risk putting us all in a more precarious position—pushing us back to Gilded Age levels of inequality…”

READ MORE: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-jobs-stock-market-rcna200058

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mbrooks64.bsky.social•78 days ago

Spot on.

Also, to save time for those like me:
precarity: a state of persistent insecurity with regard to employment or income

desperatefortruth.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is what happens when you just know one little segment of history or read about one side of the story. You just can’t read one paragraph of the history book and think 🤔 you’re an expert!

ericbanana.bsky.social•78 days ago

That’s his plan.

rage1950.bsky.social•78 days ago

Amazing how these "gilded age" wantabes push their ideology via a smart phone in their climate controlled home.

victorytwin.bsky.social•78 days ago

He is merely trying to undo what Biden did and redo it…..

Biden Harris Accomplishments

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/

theeagles.bsky.social•78 days ago

Trump is not making progress on the economy. He wants to live in the past! We need to learn from the mistakes of the past! Equality for everyone is not on Trump's agenda!

slackingpro.bsky.social•78 days ago

DonOLD just wants power by any means. His love of dictators is strong, he needs to be one.

redmonarch3.bsky.social•78 days ago

The only manufacturing I see coming back is the ones that can be at least 70 to 90% percent automated thus negating workers pay or companies having to participate in healthcare,401 matches,pensions and regulatory requirements,while with the laws developing the way the are courts not in play

oorgrace.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/sarahebond.bsky.social/post/3lmcdznaink2g

semosays.bsky.social•78 days ago

Golden Age when they scoop us up for a nickel on the dollar and"make America gag again" nearly choking us to death.
Just part of his plan and the ones that don't say anything are right there in it with him. Kind of like rape, gang rape in these times ...by "Lawless and Odor".

vargas515.bsky.social•78 days ago

Excellent story that provides a lot of context that's needed

pp285.bsky.social•78 days ago

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areyounickrivers.bsky.social•78 days ago

Factories may come back but it will likely be more automated and supported by robotics.

maymauveine.com•78 days ago

🟣 “In the absence of unions, higher taxes, and robust regulations, we risk slipping back to an earlier era of U.S. manufacturing,” similar to the height of the Gilded Age that “Trump has touted in promoting his tariffs” when “manufacturing jobs were difficult, dangerous, and often deadly.”

maymauveine.com•78 days ago

🟣 And polluting. Don’t forget very polluting, which New York doesn’t need to remember — we still live with the impacts today.

Our own Gilded Age legacy:

https://journalpanorama.org/article/sensing-pollution/

jenjennings.bsky.social•78 days ago

I have a hard time thinking of a time I've seen a male professor referred to by their first name.

People make honest mistakes, but next time, I'd go with Professor Calarco warns...or Dr. Calarco warns...

troytassier.bsky.social•78 days ago

Struck me as an odd choice too. I can’t think of another example like that.

allyraymond.bsky.social•78 days ago

#TrumpChaos

The rich aren't going to feel the pain of Trump's tariffs.

Everyday Americans WILL.

And they're not the slightest bit concerned with this game they're playing with global markets.

Trump and his spineless sycophants must not govern!!

mmorgenschoen.bsky.social•78 days ago

gilded age workers had pitiful living standards.

but the robber barons of the gilded age could only dream of the wealth inequality today’s billionaires enjoy.

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