Fareed Zakaria: USA's hvide er "doomed"

Fareed Zakaria er en af USA's mest berømte journalister og kommentatorer.

I en noget kontroversiel kronik i The Washington Post skriver han, at USA's hensygnende hvide middelklasse vender sig mod Donald Trump for at genvinde fordums glans og styrke. Men det er en udsigtsløs kamp, mener han:

The United States is going through a great power shift. Working-class whites don’t think of themselves as an elite group. But, in a sense, they have been, certainly compared with blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and most immigrants. They were central to America’s economy, its society, indeed its very identity. They are not anymore. Donald Trump has promised that he will change this and make them win again. But he can’t. No one can. And deep down, they know it.

Kommentarsporet er det mest interessante ved kronikken, for som flere påpeger, har Zakaria ignoreret det vigtigste: Nemlig det faktum, at den rivende teknologiske udvikling betyder færre og færre job på grund af øget automatisering, og det underminerer reelt den samfundsorden, der har eksisteret i hele verden siden den industrielle revolution. Hvordan håndterer vi den udfordring?

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