(March 3, 2014 at 12:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/03/wh...sentments/
Quote:Democrats have conquered most demographics in this country, except, of course, white men. This piece in the New York Times about Democratic efforts to capture their vote—or at least more of it—is fascinating insofar as it really shows how much the white male vote is controlled by nothing more than resentment, particularly resentment of women and people of color for spending the last few decades improving their lot in life. It’s not even a vote to restore lost levels of white male privilege, since I think white men must know that putting that genie back into the bottle isn’t going to work. At this point, then, voting Republican is just about punishment. You can’t stop a black guy from being your boss at work and your wife is never going to be Mrs. Cleaver, but you can make life a little harder for women and people of color in revenge for “stealing” the easy life of never having to compete with them that you feel entitled to. Also, MORE GUNS, because your phallic death totems are so soothing and help fill, temporarily, that desire to be a big man.
The reason white men vote republican is because they're tired of the government taking their money and wasting it away. These aren't rich corporate types , but working types who have struggled through the years to provide for families and find that they're blasted by the rest of society. They give more and more as government takes more and more and they receive no benefit. Then you have stupid commentary like that above. But I must agree that this is what America has come to. Western Europe is already crumblling under government debt and we're following right behind.
