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Biden was the strongest supporter of workers unions we have ever had, and the left in the US reviled Biden. Including the unions, largely.

It's time to stop thinking in materialist terms when analyzing US politics, that has completely flown the coop. It's all culture war.



That's true to an extent, but President Biden also maintained a de facto open borders policy which undercut wages and drove up housing prices for US union members. This was deeply unpopular with the union members that I know. I'm not trying to start a debate on the merits of various immigration policy options, just pointing out that union members perceived this as a lack of support.




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