Data Analysis
Bernie
Trump
Clinton
W.
Egalitarian
Dignitarian
Anti-globalization
Also the title - "Democrats need to wake up"
Bigger share of economic pie towards average Americans
Anti-establishment: Dems like the current economic structure and wish to refine it rather than change it
Much of the Sanders campaign can be traced back to the 2008 crash and the economic solutions found at the time which Sanders would say only benefited the banks and corporations (elites) who brought the crash in the first place. As such, the nation failed to address the root of inequality in our country.
Already, the egalitarian narrative is present in this statement. So how about globalization?
Well in Sanders own words, the "increasingly globalized economy, established and maintained by the world’s economic elite, is failing people everywhere."
Both Trump and Sanders are portrayed as populist candidates whose voters have suffered economically from globalization. Interestingly, both have aspects of their messages that fit well into the egalitarian narrative
Populism and egalitarianism in Simmons
"That increasingly globalized economy, established and maintained by the world’s economic elite, is failing people everywhere."
"The very, very rich enjoy unimaginable luxury while billions of people endure abject poverty, unemployment, and inadequate health care, education, housing and drinking water."
"Let’s be clear. The global economy is not working for the majority of people in our country and the world. This is an economic model developed by the economic elite to benefit the economic elite. We need real change."
"But we do not need change based on the demagogy, bigotry and anti-immigrant sentiment that punctuated so much of the Leave campaign’s rhetoric — and is central to Donald J. Trump’s message."
"In this pivotal moment, the Democratic Party and a new Democratic president need to make clear that we stand with those who are struggling and who have been left behind. We must create national and global economies that work for all, not just a handful of billionaires." - also has dignitarian values (use as transition)
One of the benefits of the egalitarian narrative is "that it lends analytical precision to the concept of populism" (156).
Egalitarian
Securitarian
Nation narrative
Anti-globalization sentiments
On Sept 24, Trump made his anti-globalization sentiments clear in his address to the UN general assemply
Denouncing globalism and illegal immigration and promoting patriotism
"The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations who protect their citizens, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that make each country special and unique."
"For decades, the international trading system has been easily exploited by nations acting in very bad faith. As jobs were outsourced, a small handful grew wealthy at the expense of the middle class."
It is egalitarian, similar to Sanders, the difference is that instead of blaming elites, he is blaming other nations. This is where the securitarian perspective comes in
similarities with Sanders that lie in the egalitarian narrative, differences in the dignitarian vs securitarian narratives
"Here in the Western Hemisphere, we are joining with our partners to ensure stability and opportunity all across the region. In that mission, one of our most critical challenges is illegal immigration, which undermines prosperity, rips apart societies, and empowers ruthless criminal cartels."
Liberty
Dignity
if you believe in a future of greater openness and freedom for the people of China, you ought to be for this agreement. If you believe in a future of greater prosperity for the American people, you certainly should be for this agreement. If you believe in a future of peace and security for Asia and the world, you should be for this agreement. This is the right thing to do.
"I understand that this is not in and of itself a human-rights policy. But still, it is likely to have a profound impact on human rights and political liberty. Change will only come through a combination of internal pressure and external validation of China's human-rights struggle"
China is a one-party state that does not tolerate opposition. It does deny citizens fundamental rights of free speech and religious expression. It does defend its interests in the world, and sometimes in ways that are dramatically at odds from our own. But the question is not whether we approve or disapprove of China's practices. The question is, what's the smartest thing to do to improve these practices?
it's easy to forget that the Chinese leaders and their people are also engaged in a debate about us there. And many of them believe that we honestly don't want their country to assume a respected place in the world. If China joins the W.T.O., but we turn our backs on them, it will confirm their fears.
In his remarks at the "Sprit of Liberty: At Home, In The World", and event hosted by the George W. Bush Institution, the former President put himself in direct opposition to his counterpart of the same party, Donald Trump:
"We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism – forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America. We see a fading confidence in the value of free markets and international trade – forgetting that conflict, instability, and poverty follow in the wake of protectionism."
Other than clearly demonstrating his support of free trade, international institutions, immigration, and other facets of globalization, Bush continues his speech to present somewhat of a counterintuitive paradigm:
"American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places, where threats such as terrorism, infectious disease, criminal gangs and drug trafficking tend to emerge. And there is an aggressive challenge by Russia and China to the norms and rules of the global order – proposed revisions that always seem to involve less respect for the rights of free nations and less freedom for the individual."
Here, we see neoconservative concerns of security, a narrative he shares with Donald Trump, coupled together with the liberal concerns of freedom for the individual, a narrative shared with Clinton.