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(21,116 posts)Fla Dem
(23,882 posts)He honed his craft while working as a media consultant for Reagan and Nixon. It was easy. He saw the race riots of the '60, and used those to drive a wedge in the middle class. Bigotry and racism were around long before him, he just used it effectively enough that the prejudiced persons of the middle class came to put those issues at the top of their list of importance.
kairos12
(12,901 posts)dlk
(11,601 posts)They effectively used Americas deeply embedded racism and sexism. A weakened FCC helped the process along, as well.
calimary
(81,603 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)If you can convince the lowest white man hes better than the best colored man, he wont notice youre picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and hell empty his pockets for you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/
Chemisse
(30,824 posts)Although white and black could have many substitutes. It is the nature of humans to elevate themselves by looking down on others. Those of us who are fairly intelligent and self-aware seek to rise above this as we reach adulthood and find other measures of self-worth. But many stagnate and are ruled by our basic primitive emotions.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)The willfull ignorance is astounding, lacking objective thought or rationality.
iluvtennis
(19,908 posts)Hotler
(11,476 posts)tell middle class people to blame poor people.
Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)the most donations (bribes). We like to vote for winners. The politicians then follow the will of the Donors. The Republican governors opening up their economies early is an example.