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71% of Americans think the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30% (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just want to point out that this negative association is based on racist dog whistles like the, "welfare queen," which were propagated by right-wingers to convince low-income whites to hate the programs designed to help them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And I think theres a place to break that association, but .aybe candidates that are running to change our system dont need to be the ones to do it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I would actually say that would he a great strategy in building working-class solidarity. Making poor whites realize that their declining standard of living isn't caused by minorities accessing social programs but the ruling-class gutting the those programs is key to building a progressive coalition.