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betsuni

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9. "What seemed like a problem to liberals -- the fact that conservatives identify 'up' with the 1 percent,

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 10:25 PM

Apr 29

the planter class -- was actually a source of pride to the Tea Party people I came to know. It showed you were optimistic, hopeful, a trier. It wasn't a problem that you seldom looked behind you in line. Why would you want to blame a guy if he got all the way to the top? they wondered. That gaze forward, even when matters seemed hopeless, was a feature of the brave deep story itself."

Arlie Russell Hochschild, "Strangers in Their Own Land"

The "hard-working" successful wealthy are part of the "Us" for the Republican voter in the right-wing populist Us vs Them.

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Can we finally acknowledge that it's class warfare? [View all] Coventina Apr 29 OP

Always has been misanthrope Apr 29 #1

You are not alone. I haven't given up hope yet. So long as I am breathing, I will LoisB Apr 29 #2

Nope, that's "heated rhetoric". orthoclad Apr 29 #3

Way out of control, nothing to stop them MerryBlooms Apr 29 #4

There have to be the "haves" and the "have nots". And you, my friends, are the "have nots" erronis Apr 29 #5

This is a class war, a race war, and eventually a gender war. patphil Apr 29 #6

Republicans think 'class warfare' is tax increases on the rich, Jack Valentino Apr 29 #7

I logged in Mme. Defarge Apr 29 #8

I logged in JoseBalow Apr 29 #10

"What seemed like a problem to liberals -- the fact that conservatives identify 'up' with the 1 percent, betsuni Apr 29 #9

The oligarchs have baited the people they exploit most to support their thievery. usonian Apr 29 #11

Agreed!! sunflowerseed Apr 30 #12

Capitalism's Invisible Army Kid Berwyn Apr 30 #13