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Thanks Vrede!!!
That's the third time "Youtube" has taken the video down
Moving to another source, since youtube keeps censoring this video to prevent this documentary from being viewed by the public
Fixed link
Propaganda rarely results from truth outside of the perspective of the person speaking...there was nothing but truth regarding the events that occurred, and it has been 2 years :-0?>
What do you see as propaganda???
If my comment was taken as wanting to limit \V/'s choice in posting, I apologize. Just expressing my preference for original thought. I'm sure he's more than capable of it.
Yeah, those are like fun-facts, but I'd like to see some causation. F'rinstance, the five poorest are also among the most obese. The five poorest are also among the least-educated. They also have an above average number of teen pregnancies. They also all have really good university sports programs with a history of NCAA violations. So I guess I've found the causation: if you're fat, uneducated and poor, with a pregnant 14-year old daughter and a camo "Roll Tide" shirt, you're voting GOP. Allrighty then!
Along the same line, what - other than racism going back to 1964 - could possibly get those people to vote for Republicans? (Relatively serious question, if anybody has a relative serious answer.)
Vrede wrote:Along with "racism going back to 1964", voting based on social issues contrary to one's economic interests would be one explanation. This phenomenon was described in What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Then, there's the dogmatic belief, pushed on the gullible by corporate fat cat interests, that con policy leads to a stronger economy. Some people never learn.
As for the causation why blue states do better, it could be that blue state policy leads to a healthier economy or that successful people prefer, on average, to live in blue states. Probably a mix.
Yes, "voting based on social issues contrary to one's economic interests" works, at least to a point. But don't these people feel even the least bit foolish when they're voting for a guy or party who campaigns on cutting the benefits they are personally receiving?
Well, those guys are a bit different. It's fun to remind people like Reality that he's never drawn a check that didn't have "US Treasury" on it, and that Nascar gets paid by the taxpayers, essentially from the same source as those receiving the dreaded "handouts," but neither of them matches the profile of the Mississippi or Alabama voter. For one thing, they both had a skill and a trade, and managed to stay employed over the course of a career. I'd guess they both went to decent schools, and have had numerous opportunities in their lives. I don't think their view that "what I get is deserved, everyone else is a parasite" would really apply in Third World AL or MS. Those people out there vote for the GOP only because they can't stand "liberals" but they have no education or context as to what a "liberal" is or why they should be against them. That part I understand. But if the choice is between some vague concept of "liberal" and the guy who says he's going to take food off your family's table, I'm pretty sure I'd take practicality over ideology. They don't, for some reason. If they'd like another chance to secede, I'd surely vote to help them.