Stunning. Sad But True ...

[emanymton69]

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Ema Nymton
~@:O?-

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. By pandering to their inner (and lately, outer) hate, prejudice and racism.

[Fla Dem]

5. That's exactly right. Roger Ailes knew that to he had to pit the middle class against one another.

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]

2. This has been the playbook for the Reich Wing for decades.

[dlk]

3. Propaganda works

They effectively used America’s deeply embedded racism and sexism. A weakened FCC helped the process along, as well.

[calimary]

4. Staggeringly stunning and tragically true.

[scarletwoman]

6. President LBJ nailed it years ago:

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll 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]

9. Incredible quote. Timeless. n/t

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]

7. Works like a charm. Many other countries have already lost by implementing similar models. Will we?

The willfull ignorance is astounding, lacking objective thought or rationality.

[iluvtennis]

8. By the constant indoctrination that ppl of color and immigrants are better off than whites are. nt

[Hotler]

10. Fox News: Rich people, paying rich people to

tell middle class people to blame poor people.

[Dustlawyer]

11. They have also convinced us that the favorites in political races are the ones who have received

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.

[grantcart]

12. Billionaires hate those things? Gates, Buffet, Komprad (now gone)???

[hibbing]

13. It's not free health care n/t

[Scalded Nun]

14. And why Rupert Murdoch is reviled in every country he touches (except of course the US)