[quote=squat250]i dissent. I think it’s a little shocking. Do all rich people really think half the country are deadbeats who are never gonna be able to support themselves adn are perpetually looking for a handout? it just sounds…super anti-democratic. i understand the rich think they’re better, but really,, HALF the country being perceived as not taking responsibility for their lives?
now, if briansd1 were here, he would probably argue that poor republicans are dupes who believe that by going along with the republicans it somehow elevates them, and they’re going to be rich soon anyway, so what do they need with things like food stamps, gov health insurance etc. and that by voting against their own immediate self-interest they are living in a fantasyland and only hurting themselves.
which makes me wonder whether briansd1 would question…does a statement like Mitts disturb the fantasy that by voting republican your’e part of the moneyed power structure?
Is briansd1 thinking: Does it have any effect on relatively broke republican wealthy-wannabees? Does it make them pause and say, shit, the big boys actually think we’re kind of a bunch of filthy grubby vagrants beyond hope? maybe i should vote in my own more immediate self interest and vote myself some benefits?
briansd1 is not saying the republicans are wrong to vote republican, or that it’s necessarily irrational to vote against your own immediate short term benefits for the good of the nation, or because you think it’s right…or because you think people with money are cool and you wanna be one of them and enjoy slightly lower marginal rates when you arrive….
briansd1’s saying…it kind of requires a leap of faith to do so…a leap that mitts rude comments might somehow render somewhat less appealing…
or do they think, hey, Mitt’s talking about someone else, not me?
briansd1can see the appeal of wanting to be allied with the party you view as money and power, even if you live in a crappy trailerpark, smoke generic cigs cause you cannot afford camels, and have no health insurance, but when the main dude starts dissing you to your face, does it have any effect on the fantasy?
man, if only briansd1 were here…
there’s really nothing worse he could say about mitt than mitt said about himself though….[/quote]
I’ve known quite a few people who vote against their own interests because they believe they are on their way to being part of the 1%. The craziest part is that most of them are living off public money in one way or another, though they refuse to acknowledge it, and become exceedingly angry when you bring it up.
As incredible as it may sound, they will most likely hear Mitt’s words and firmly believe with all their hearts that he was talking about “those other people.” They live in a surreal world.
