Ever growing wealth disparity, crappy jobs, lousy salaries, unaffordable housing, smartphone zombie syndrome, too many smart-assed libs appearing to be living better than they are, 24-hour-a-day misinformation and disinformation, easy access to synthetic heroin substitutes. Fear and Envy.
Ever growing wealth disparity, crappy jobs, lousy salaries, unaffordable housing, smartphone zombie syndrome, too many smart-assed libs appearing to be living better than they are, 24-hour-a-day misinformation and disinformation, easy access to synthetic heroin substitutes. Fear and Envy.
Too many people watch faux. Believe me, I know quite a few who only watch them. Also, most of them are one issue voters.
And believe me, they bitch and moan about how they can't get ahead in life while refusing to admit that their own choices are the reason why they cant get ahead.
One person took out a loan to refinance their house, buy a new car and pay off eight maxed out credit cards.
Less than three years later, they have maxed out another eight credit cards and can't understand why they can't pay their bills, while they buy a kayak because their two young grandkids (both under four years) will want to use in the future.
I had to step away from that friendship. Got sick of all the anger and stupidity.
I don't think personal irresponsibility is the major driver of white resentment, though. We have seen a pervasive and consistent movement of wealth from the poor and middle class to the elites, while those same elites blame the poor and POC for the inequality. It's insidious and false, but it seems to be working.
You said: "And believe me, they bitch and moan about how they can't get ahead in life while refusing to admit that their own choices are the reason why they can't get ahead." That kind of sums it up for those die-hard Trumpsters doesn't it. Cue the tiny violin.
I think this is an insidious belief. They have a misperception of the source of their malaise, but thinking of them as irresponsible rubes is a disservice to them and ignores the fact that they have been soaked by the rich just like the rest of us. They blame the wrong people (BIPOC, primarily) for their problems, but have nonetheless been brought to their knees by the same corporate interests that have done the rest of us in.
I'd add just one thing. If one interacts with them, approaching them as irresponsible rubes or some such is not going to help them begin to listen to us. To have any hope of moving them, it's important to listen to them, and treat them with respect. Even if it only leads to one out of ten changing their minds, its' worth it.
Thank you for pointing that out, Reid. Poor choices are made at all economic levels, true. But when you have nothing, have no prospect of ever having something, you want to look for someone to blame. T**** gave poor and working class white people liberal "elites" to blame - even though it has been wealthy elites like T**** himself who have not only degraded their chances of rising to the middle class, but have made it increasingly difficult for educated "elites" to stay in the middle class.
Ever growing wealth disparity, crappy jobs, lousy salaries, unaffordable housing, smartphone zombie syndrome, too many smart-assed libs appearing to be living better than they are, 24-hour-a-day misinformation and disinformation, easy access to synthetic heroin substitutes. Fear and Envy.
Too many people watch faux. Believe me, I know quite a few who only watch them. Also, most of them are one issue voters.
And believe me, they bitch and moan about how they can't get ahead in life while refusing to admit that their own choices are the reason why they cant get ahead.
One person took out a loan to refinance their house, buy a new car and pay off eight maxed out credit cards.
Less than three years later, they have maxed out another eight credit cards and can't understand why they can't pay their bills, while they buy a kayak because their two young grandkids (both under four years) will want to use in the future.
I had to step away from that friendship. Got sick of all the anger and stupidity.
I don't think personal irresponsibility is the major driver of white resentment, though. We have seen a pervasive and consistent movement of wealth from the poor and middle class to the elites, while those same elites blame the poor and POC for the inequality. It's insidious and false, but it seems to be working.
Ever since Reagan was elected.
Yes! Based in political techniques Nixon pioneered.
You said: "And believe me, they bitch and moan about how they can't get ahead in life while refusing to admit that their own choices are the reason why they can't get ahead." That kind of sums it up for those die-hard Trumpsters doesn't it. Cue the tiny violin.
I think this is an insidious belief. They have a misperception of the source of their malaise, but thinking of them as irresponsible rubes is a disservice to them and ignores the fact that they have been soaked by the rich just like the rest of us. They blame the wrong people (BIPOC, primarily) for their problems, but have nonetheless been brought to their knees by the same corporate interests that have done the rest of us in.
I'd add just one thing. If one interacts with them, approaching them as irresponsible rubes or some such is not going to help them begin to listen to us. To have any hope of moving them, it's important to listen to them, and treat them with respect. Even if it only leads to one out of ten changing their minds, its' worth it.
Thank you for pointing that out, Reid. Poor choices are made at all economic levels, true. But when you have nothing, have no prospect of ever having something, you want to look for someone to blame. T**** gave poor and working class white people liberal "elites" to blame - even though it has been wealthy elites like T**** himself who have not only degraded their chances of rising to the middle class, but have made it increasingly difficult for educated "elites" to stay in the middle class.