How Democrats Win Back the Working Class (Without Selling Out)

1. Ditch the Savior Complex

   Stop “uplifting” people. They don’t want your help. They want power. Push for unions, co-ops, and worker ownership. Let them keep their damn paychecks instead of taxing them to fund another professional managerial class jobs program.

2. Respect the Hustle

   The working class doesn’t dream of universal basic income. They dream of opening a garage, a diner, a landscaping biz. Slash red tape. Kill licensing laws. Make it easier to be your own boss.

3. Laugh at the Right Things

   Stop clutching your pearls. The working class hates cancel culture, not because they’re bigots, but because they’ve been canceled their whole lives—by bosses, banks, and bureaucrats. Fight for their pay, not their vocabulary.

4. Fire the Wonks

   No one cares about your 14-point “equity framework.” Talk about cheaper mass transit, efficient homes with lower utility bills, gas, upzoning for lower rent, and why the hell their kid’s teacher won’t stop assigning homework about “decolonizing math.”   

Bottom Line

The working class isn’t stupid. They’re just tired of being treated like idiots by a party that’s more obsessed with sounding righteous than being useful. Democrats want to win? Stop being the teacher. Start being the guy who hands you a beer and says, “Yeah, this system’s rigged. Let’s burn it down.”

Or keep losing to a reality TV star. Your call.

Let’s get specific. The Democrats’ problem isn’t what they’re trying to do—it’s how they’re doing it. The working class isn’t a charity case. They’re not your kid’s third-grade science project. They’re grown-ass adults who want agency, not a pat on the head and a pamphlet about “equity.”

1. Ditch the Savior Complex (No, Really—Stop It)

The PMC’s favorite hobby: telling people what’s good for them. Free college! Student debt relief! Green jobs! All fine ideas, but they reek of “Here, poor thing, let me fix your life.” The working class doesn’t want a handout—they want leverage.

- Unions, But Make Them Scary Again: Stop bragging about “saving” the auto industry. Workers don’t need a hero—they need a weapon. Push to repeal “right-to-work” laws in all 50 states. Let unions strike without getting sued into oblivion. And for God’s sake, stop letting Silicon Valley union-bust with impunity. If Uber can algorithmically exploit drivers, Democrats should algorithmically yeet their lobbyists into the sun.

- Worker Ownership, Not Welfare: Instead of taxing Jeff Bezos to fund another means-tested program, tax Jeff Bezos to give Amazon workers shares of the company. Let them vote on corporate boards. Imagine a warehouse employee telling a VP to shove it. That’s power. That’s pride. That’s a voting bloc.

2. Respect the Hustle (Or Get Out of the Way)

The working class doesn’t want to be “given” jobs—they want to build something. Democrats love small businesses… as a photo-op backdrop for speeches about tax credits. Here’s the fix:

- Slash Licensing Bullsht: You need a four-year degree to be a florist in some states. A $500 permit to braid hair. Single family zoning. A 30-page application to run a food truck. This isn’t regulation—it’s PMC gatekeeping. Tear it down. Let people work.

- Bank the Unbanked: Working-class folks are drowning in payday loans and check-cashing fees. Partner with credit unions to offer public banking—no overdraft scams, no minimum balances. Let them save, invest, and grow without Wall Street skimming 20% off the top.

- Tax the Robots: Automation’s coming for jobs? Fine. Tax every self-checkout machine, every AI customer service bot, and every Amazon warehouse robot. Put that cash into a community wealth fund—every citizen gets a dividend. Not UBI. Not welfare. You built the robots? Cool. Cut the rest of us in.

3. Laugh at the Right Things (And Stop Being a Hall Monitor)

The working class has a dark sense of humor. They’ve earned it. Democrats keep policing jokes while ignoring the fact that their entire lives are a joke to the ruling class.

- Flip the Culture War Script: When Republicans rage about drag queens, don’t write a think-piece—ask “Why are you obsessed with children’s genitals?” Then pivot to real threats: monopolies jacking up prices, hospitals suing patients over $50 bills, CEOs making 300x their workers’ pay.

- Celebrate the Unrespectable: Working-class culture isn’t “problematic”—it’s alive. Dive bars, monster trucks, church potlucks, rap music, line dancing, fantasy football. Show up. Drink the cheap beer. Stop trying to gentrify their joy.  Go on Rogan weekly.

4. Fire the Wonks (And Hire a Plumber)

The Democratic Party is infested with consultants who think “messaging” means reciting UN climate reports at a NASCAR rally.

- Speak in Diesel, Not Diplomas: Swap the TED Talk vocabulary for working-class poetry:

  - “We’ll make rent cheaper.”

  - “Your kid’s teacher works for YOU—not the school board.”

  - “We’ll bankrupt any corporation that ships your job overseas.”

- Make Bureaucrats Bleed: For every new regulation, kill two old ones. Require every legislator to spend a week living on the median wage in their district. No catered lunches. No Uber Black. Just a ’98 Corolla and a maxed-out credit card.

The Punchline

Democrats keep asking, “Why don’t they vote in their own interest?!” But the working class is. They’re rejecting a party that treats them like a checklist. “We gave you Obamacare! Why aren’t you grateful?!” Because gratitude is for suckers. Respect isn’t earned with policy papers—it’s earned by walking into the fight and throwing the first punch for them.

Or keep hosting $10,000-a-plate fundraisers with Lizzo playing acoustic covers of “Solidarity Forever.” See how that works out.