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onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:05 AM Feb 2020

It's mind boggling to me how the very wealthy in this country

Has convinced the desperately poor to vote for allowing the wealthy to take everything from them. Deny them healthcare a decent job with decent wages. AND an education. A 1/3 of the country is infected with such hate, it is truly burning all of us.

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It's mind boggling to me how the very wealthy in this country (Original Post) onecaliberal Feb 2020 OP
Poor people don't own the media. dchill Feb 2020 #1
They mock education and history books. They're not interested in education. It is not onecaliberal Feb 2020 #2
One condition begets the other. dchill Feb 2020 #3
Can't argue with that. onecaliberal Feb 2020 #5
It's not just the poor samplegirl Feb 2020 #4
I realize that. I work with a lot of them. They're just mean and don't give two shits about anyone onecaliberal Feb 2020 #6
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #7
It's affective propaganda, has worked for years. elleng Feb 2020 #8
They believe the lies that the wealthy class tells them King_Klonopin Feb 2020 #12
We need, more than anything, to improve the stickiness of our messaging. JudyM Feb 2020 #19
This famous quote explains it: Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #9
And the white poor folks see themselves as better TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #11
Fascinating. JudyM Feb 2020 #20
You are too smart PJMcK Feb 2020 #10
Poor people have been blasted with propaganda for 30 years lunatica Feb 2020 #13
We need a UBI Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #14
K&R ck4829 Feb 2020 #15
the wealthy are twice as likely to vote as the desperately poor Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #16
LBJ said it perfectly... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #17
Fox news, rich people paying rich people to Hotler Feb 2020 #18

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
2. They mock education and history books. They're not interested in education. It is not
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:10 AM
Feb 2020

A priority in so many states. Even the states that champion education struggle with funding.

samplegirl

(11,415 posts)
4. It's not just the poor
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:14 AM
Feb 2020

It’s people with good pensions and money in the banks as well! People that you know are educated and should know better!

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
6. I realize that. I work with a lot of them. They're just mean and don't give two shits about anyone
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:16 AM
Feb 2020

But themselves.

2naSalit

(86,059 posts)
7. +1
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:19 AM
Feb 2020

Got a masters degree among other things and I'm poor. And I'm poor because of W and then by the time Obama came around, I was subject to ageism and physical decline. And I can't recall if I've ever voted for anyone but Independents and Democrats.

King_Klonopin

(1,305 posts)
12. They believe the lies that the wealthy class tells them
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 05:20 AM
Feb 2020

1) We, the wealthy and powerful, will share our power with you.
. . . hint: they won't. They will exploit the desperation of the poor.

2) We are concerned about your plight.
. . . hint: they ain't. They are the leading contributor (e.g. the fight against
. . . raising minimum wage, wage disparity, tax cuts for wealthiest, etc.)

3) Only people of low character (i.e. POC) remain in poverty.
. . .You can be wealthy, just like us, because you are just like us
.
. . .hint: it's very hard just to climb to the next higher economic rung.
. . . It's easier to win the lottery than become a billionaire. There are
. . . 2,153 billionaires in the U.S, and the total adult population is roughly
. . . 254,000,000 ! That's 0.000008% -- or -- just 8 people out of every
. . . one million. Delusion and fantasy.

4) We are your true saviors. (e.g the job creators, lifting all boats)
. . .hint: they stand against your interests (e.g. labor unions, affordable
. . .health care, affordable education, a minimum living-wage, etc.)

BUT only if you vote for us. . . . suckers . . . .

Fiendish Thingy

(15,369 posts)
9. This famous quote explains it:
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:34 AM
Feb 2020
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”


― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
10. You are too smart
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 03:09 AM
Feb 2020

So, two things.

1) Vote a straight Democratic ticket in November.

2) Don't watch Fox News.

Have a heart!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
13. Poor people have been blasted with propaganda for 30 years
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 05:39 AM
Feb 2020

Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, all have been lying their asses off for decades. They use dog whistle phrases and wedge issues like abortion, illegal aliens and until recently the ‘gay agenda’.

Propaganda.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
14. We need a UBI
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 06:34 AM
Feb 2020

and to change the way we look at how we value both things and people as Andrew Yang is proposing.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
16. the wealthy are twice as likely to vote as the desperately poor
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 10:48 AM
Feb 2020

maybe we should be focusing on registering the poor to vote and making certain they have the ability to go vote

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
17. LBJ said it perfectly...
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 10:53 AM
Feb 2020

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

― Lyndon B. Johnson

Hotler

(11,353 posts)
18. Fox news, rich people paying rich people to
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 10:55 AM
Feb 2020

tell middle class people to blame poor people. It's only class warfare when we fight beak.

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