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Thursday, April 11, 2024
Trump's "nice countries" comment proves rich MAGA voters share the prejudices of the cheap seats............Donald Trump Only Wants Immigrants From These “Nice” Countries Like Switzerland and Sweden and Norway ...(You Know, Nice WHITE Countries)......................Because racism is ignorant and because rich people have access to expensive education and worldly experiences, the economic elite often get the benefit of the doubt that they cannot be "really" racist. When billionaires like the Murdoch family fill the airwaves with race-baiting propaganda on Fox News, the assumption is they don't believe any of it and are just cynically manipulating working people to get them to vote against their economic self-interest. But I'd argue that the flip side is often true: Money insulates people from the outside world and intellectual challenge. As easy as it is for a middle class retiree to soak in right-wing propaganda all day, it's even easier for a rich person. They don't need to work jobs that require them to speak to people who are different than they are. They're surrounded by yes-men and rarely have to encounter countervailing evidence to their prejudices. And because they're constantly told their wealth means they're smarter than everyone else, they start to enjoy the smell of their own farts......Furthermore, many rich people back Trump because they agree with his rancid views. That they don't just see Trump's racist rhetoric as a useful way to bamboozle working-class whites into voting for him, but that they also hold such views. That, beneath all the expensive clothes and fancy automobiles, many in the top economic tier of America have attitudes about race and gender that are no different than what you'd hear from Trump's beloved "poorly educated."
Cheyanne