The Clintons, particularly Bill and Hillary, have had a significant impact on the Democratic Party over the past three decades. Bill Clinton reshaped the party around the preferences of knowledge economy professionals, while Hillary Clinton mainstreamed 'wokeness' within the establishment. Their influence has led the Democratic Party to shift towards appealing to symbolic capitalists, moving away from its traditional base of downscale voters. This transformation has been highlighted in recent discussions about the party's ideological positioning.
Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir ‘Citizen’ https://t.co/oK37Qk9q4K
If You Want to Gauge the Democrats' Lurch Toward the Left, Read This Thread About Bill Clinton https://t.co/5gK1qJ7HKo
This is a really good thread. Virtually everything Bill Clinton supported in his 1996 re-election campaign would be a Republican policy today. I don’t think most still realize how far left wing Democrats have moved. https://t.co/e701XNo6GM
Thanks to the Clintons, the Democratic Party transformed itself from the party of downscale voters to that of symbolic capitalists—professionals who traffic in data, ideas, rhetoric, and images. @Musa_alGharbi on why Bill and Hill still define the party: https://t.co/1cYBYwDLwZ
The Clintons transformed the Democratic Party *twice.* @BillClinton reshaped it around the preferences and priorities of knowledge economy professionals (enshrining the so-called "neoliberal consensus"). @HillaryClinton mainstreamed "wokeness" in the establishment during her run. https://t.co/k27Mhlayhp
On the one hand, Biden drafting the Clintons into his campaign is a perplexing choice (see clip). On the other hand, for the last 30 years, it's been the Clintons' political world. The rest of us have just been voting in it. More in @compactmag_ here: https://t.co/Wh1W31cZ0X https://t.co/bgJZdKMc7d
“Bill Clinton embodied how symbolic capitalists liked to view themselves.” Read @Musa_alGharbi latest piece in COMPACT: https://t.co/YBj3iWyWiE