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As opposed to what?
As opposed to cynically exploiting them for the benefit of Wall Street and corporate lobbyists?
See, as a member of the working class, who grew up in the very rural white America that was described, I have no romantic misconceptions about the working class.
There are plenty of white working class people who aren't Tea Party crazies, who don't go around with Obama-si-a-moozlim bumper stickers. A lot of religious people who are genuinely concerned about poverty, and are willing to help and share a sacrifice for their brethren.
But many aren't. There are many working class white people who are easily seduced by the rhetoric of ethnic hatred and class resentment, and choose that comfort food instead of facing the more difficult reality that there is a class war in America, and they are on the losing side.
And, as cable TV is more or less ubiquitous throughout the country, excepting perhaps rural Alaska (and even they have AlaskaNet), the information to learn about things is readily available. Moreso than ever, I do believe.
What we have is a sizeable percentage of the population who rely on "found knowledge"; by that I mean pseudo-facts which are taken as true due to the acceptance of the purveyor as being some sort of authority. It's an Appeal to Authority writ large, so to speak. The Becks and Limbaughs and Hannitys are taken at their word because they are seen as speaking from positions of authority, which is to say that they are perceived as having information that the average person is not privy to. It's the same psychological mechanism by which people accept the bible as "found wisdom" or "found truth". These are the True Believers which Vance Packard wrote about. No thought is required. In fact, critical thinking is Heresy (So-and-so is a RINO because she don't think like us).
And we find them repeating the same themes over an over, regardless of the original discussion, As an example, Yahoo Finance featured a WSJ article, "Slim Odds For Inventors". Here is a typical comment:
"in 2012 election is about
Food Stamps or Pay Checks.
if you are lazy a ss you vote democrats /food stamps
if you willing to work every day you vote republican
in this case democrats will win .
lazy people it s ok just vote for obama s your food stamps guaranteed ."
Besides being completely unrelated to the article, the comment is an incoherent pastiche of right-wing memes which have absolutely no basis in reality.
I cannot tell you (I am not addressing this to rightards, as I could give a flying fuck what they think, or want) how pissed off I get at these stupid Gomers. I have drawn a total of 3 weeks of unemployment in my life. I have spent many hours crawling around grouting tile, painting baseboards, laying oak and bamboo flooring in my rental houses, which I bought with my own down payment money. I pay property taxes, pay my dues for my Homeowners Association, and all that other shit. And some stupid cocksucker like Fuckheadman or Wilbur or FuckedDawg has the fucking nerve to say I'm a Marxist Democrat who hates America and supports terrorists and all that other moronic Fascist rightard bullshit?
You know what, Wilber? RacerJim? Fuckyman? Servant? LuckyDawg? Firm? Poopeye? FUCK YOU.
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