Or, why it isn't "elitist" to think that “It’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”The "Rural constituents who won't vote for Obama" syndrome
Step one: Republican government outsources their jobs and sends their kids to war, leaving them fearful, economically disadvantaged and impotent.
Two: Frustrated with their country but committed to their patriotism, they seek solace in guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment. This does nothing to improve their situation, nor does it help them fight the system for better job security, better pay and better foreign policy.
Three: The government sees this behavior and realizes that their fucked-up behavior has inadvertently bolstered their ranks. And back to step one.
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Amen. So, trying to come up with some decent social commentary and discussing the causes of class-disharmony put into a world view is now considered elitist?
That's the same backwardness that leads to anti-intelligence/education sentiment.
Man, you've been hitting the nail on the head lately.
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