Decades ago in college, I took a class taught by (the book's co-author) Paul Waldman . Looks like he's still an unrepentant if less quietly raging partisan ideologue.
He managed to convince a class of sheltered, impressionable 20-year-olds to accept the same two-sided canard: that rural areas owe their lives to urban ones; that red states are takers while blue states are givers. Then I became slightly more sophisticated and realized most of the 'taking' in red states happens in Democrat-led cities.
My favorite part is that Krugman wrote his column from St Croix. He's been there for a while because a previous column had him buying Scotch in a grocery store. Now, online anyway, he adds a restaurant receipt showing he's in a place with no sales tax.
He's literally at his Caribbean island, 2nd or 3rd home rambling on about why poor people are dumb...
During the 2020 election I said that Democrats were slowly starting to realize they're the party of Wall Street, endless wars, censorship via media (including social media), Big Pharma, and "lockdown"-sized corporations.
The media, as usual, is a few years behind the times. (And also lying their asses off.)
The Democrats have gone with the full Rwandan radio strategy for a while now. The only reason books like this exist is to justify violence and oppression against large groups of people. This is really sickening, vile stuff. I’m actually surprised they showed their faces on TV. Usually when someone publicly spews this kind of hateful language they try to hide behind the protection of some kind of Klan hood or balaclava or something. I guess they know they have all the weapons of the regime on their side so they aren’t afraid of anything. Hopefully that will change soon.
Rural America doesn’t need urban America to survive, only to thrive. Urban America starves to death without power without rural America within the month. Also, it’s not really rural vs urban but blue collar vs white collar. And in the end too many ppl in white collar America take for granted that blue collar America delivers them their food, electricity, and housing. White collar America believes men and women are interchangeable, blue collar America knows better.
For a group that endlessly lectures us about "othering" different groups the liberals at the NY times seem to have no problem "othering" the people they perceive as political opponents. This is weapons grade hypocrisy (and stupidity) on display.
Oh my gosh. I AM one of these "rural Americans." I have advanced degrees in math and science. I've owned multiple businesses and lecturered at a small state university. The Democrats did everything they could to label myself and my kind as hayseeds, buffoons, racists and violent xenophobes because we valued our way of life and refused to volunteer to give up our voice through things like the electoral college. I'm in Idaho, but over in Oregon and Washington, the coastal Democratic areas run the rest of the states. What the left really doesn't like is anyone with the moxy, and especially the gravitas, to push back on their bullshit - which goes back decades. I don't love Trump either, but it's far from clear to me who's worse.
The Left understands that dividing people by stocking class resentment is the most effective way to foment the unrest and turmoil needed to destabilize our culture, which then provides the perfect entrê for their plans to refashion society in accordance with their "progressive" vision.
One important lesson is trying to understand perspectives you do not understand. I can assure you Paul K has NO understanding of anyone outside his hermetically sealed circle. His observations are wrong on all counts. Yes, the real danger are my neighbors, not the sociopaths in Washington...mk.
"Why won't you vote for us Democrats, you ignorant vile mouth-breathing subhuman hicks!!?"
Don’t worry, after AI gets better at writing economics editorials than Paul, he can just retrain at computer coding.
Decades ago in college, I took a class taught by (the book's co-author) Paul Waldman . Looks like he's still an unrepentant if less quietly raging partisan ideologue.
He managed to convince a class of sheltered, impressionable 20-year-olds to accept the same two-sided canard: that rural areas owe their lives to urban ones; that red states are takers while blue states are givers. Then I became slightly more sophisticated and realized most of the 'taking' in red states happens in Democrat-led cities.
My favorite part is that Krugman wrote his column from St Croix. He's been there for a while because a previous column had him buying Scotch in a grocery store. Now, online anyway, he adds a restaurant receipt showing he's in a place with no sales tax.
He's literally at his Caribbean island, 2nd or 3rd home rambling on about why poor people are dumb...
During the 2020 election I said that Democrats were slowly starting to realize they're the party of Wall Street, endless wars, censorship via media (including social media), Big Pharma, and "lockdown"-sized corporations.
The media, as usual, is a few years behind the times. (And also lying their asses off.)
The Democrats have gone with the full Rwandan radio strategy for a while now. The only reason books like this exist is to justify violence and oppression against large groups of people. This is really sickening, vile stuff. I’m actually surprised they showed their faces on TV. Usually when someone publicly spews this kind of hateful language they try to hide behind the protection of some kind of Klan hood or balaclava or something. I guess they know they have all the weapons of the regime on their side so they aren’t afraid of anything. Hopefully that will change soon.
I just took a quick look outside my front door. Surprisingly there is no rage (If you don’t count two squirrels chasing each other).
Rural America doesn’t need urban America to survive, only to thrive. Urban America starves to death without power without rural America within the month. Also, it’s not really rural vs urban but blue collar vs white collar. And in the end too many ppl in white collar America take for granted that blue collar America delivers them their food, electricity, and housing. White collar America believes men and women are interchangeable, blue collar America knows better.
For a group that endlessly lectures us about "othering" different groups the liberals at the NY times seem to have no problem "othering" the people they perceive as political opponents. This is weapons grade hypocrisy (and stupidity) on display.
Oh my gosh. I AM one of these "rural Americans." I have advanced degrees in math and science. I've owned multiple businesses and lecturered at a small state university. The Democrats did everything they could to label myself and my kind as hayseeds, buffoons, racists and violent xenophobes because we valued our way of life and refused to volunteer to give up our voice through things like the electoral college. I'm in Idaho, but over in Oregon and Washington, the coastal Democratic areas run the rest of the states. What the left really doesn't like is anyone with the moxy, and especially the gravitas, to push back on their bullshit - which goes back decades. I don't love Trump either, but it's far from clear to me who's worse.
The Left understands that dividing people by stocking class resentment is the most effective way to foment the unrest and turmoil needed to destabilize our culture, which then provides the perfect entrê for their plans to refashion society in accordance with their "progressive" vision.
One important lesson is trying to understand perspectives you do not understand. I can assure you Paul K has NO understanding of anyone outside his hermetically sealed circle. His observations are wrong on all counts. Yes, the real danger are my neighbors, not the sociopaths in Washington...mk.
Pesky voters always threatening Democracy.
War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Voting Threatens Democracy.
This is bigotry pure and simple. Let’s call it for what it is.
Let's demonize the people we're screwing over. Brilliant!!
wow. "Why are voters a threat to democracy?"