tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1132960084274941762..comments2024-03-29T02:11:14.885-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Jonathan Haidt - Why working-class people vote conservativemike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-5028453154934279572018-06-27T13:37:31.319-04:002018-06-27T13:37:31.319-04:00Bogus question based on bogus assumptions that com...Bogus question based on bogus assumptions that completely ignores the money-corrupt voting system from any angle. Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-79359223273931845042018-06-27T10:58:08.459-04:002018-06-27T10:58:08.459-04:00Q. Why do working class people vote conservative, ...<b>Q. Why do working class people vote conservative, when it is not in their economic interest?<br /><br />A. Because conservative is all they have to vote for.</b><br /><br />Leading Democrats / Labour Party politicians have nothing to offer except endless war, austerity, neoliberalism, political correctness, and social justice warrior madness. <br /><br />Not all Democrats are this way. A handful of Democrats / Labour Party politicians oppose austerity and neoliberalism, but they are too few and too junior to make any difference. <br /><br /><i>"Don't the Democrats stand up for the little guy, and try to redistribute the wealth downwards?”</i> ~ Jonathan Haidt<br /><br />A handful of Democrats do, but senior Democrats do not. Leading Democrats (i.e. those that control the party) are as hostile to workers as are Republicans. When senior Democrats controlled the U.S. House (2007 to 2011) they used austerity to crush average Americans. Senior Democrats have vowed to do it again if they gain a House majority in Nov. 2018. Indeed they have vowed to make austerity their top priority. (Nancy Pelosi, Charles Schumer, Cory Booker, Steny Hoyer, Joseph Crowley, Ben Ray Luján, etc.) <br /><br />In the U.K., Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn likewise favors deficit reduction (i.e. austerity) which means continued cuts to social programs and the NHS. <br /><br />Among average registered Democrats, some are social justice warriors, but most are not. Some push militant feminism, gay rights trash, trans-rights idiocy, etc., but most don’t care about those things. Some are anti-Trump, but most only care about what politicians can offer them personally. <br /><br />In November 2018, flaming liberal Democrats will vote, but most Democrats will stay home. Therefore Democrats will not retake the U.S. House. <br /><br />In November 2020, Trump will be re-elected for the same reason. Senior Democrats have nothing to offer, and genuinely progressive Democrats are too few in number.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-5296113456817147862018-06-27T10:27:42.244-04:002018-06-27T10:27:42.244-04:00The answer is that Progressives themselves are cla...The answer is that Progressives themselves are class-conscious elitists, in my experience.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-5701766961942234242018-06-27T10:24:51.733-04:002018-06-27T10:24:51.733-04:00Why do Progressives support privileges* for the ba...Why do Progressives support privileges* for the banks and thus, by extension, for the rich, the most so-called creditworthy of what is then, in essence, the public's credit but for private gain?<br /><br />*E.g. the government insurance of privately created deposits/liabilities.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.com