Not talking about the “intelligent” reasons for voting they way they do. I’m talking about the intelligent reasons for believing what they do…which leads to them voting the way they do.
Let me explain it a bit better. Many conservatives know that the game is rigged, know that the elite are rigging it, and know that there is massive collusion and corruption where public (government) and private (corporate/financial elite) interests collide.
Liberals blame it on the private interests, with the assumption that the private interests are really the ones in charge, and the government puppets just do what they’re directed to do. They see the private interests as having all the power, and believe that the concentration of wealth and power in the private sector is the problem.
Conservatives, OTOH, believe that the government has more power, and the private interests, while corrupting the government, simply push politicians in one direction or another. They see the government as the tool for this corruption, so they believe the government is the problem.
