The Conservative Votes are Sheep & the Wealthy Are Their Shepards

How The Wealthy Trick Conservative Voters wrote:Polling shows that since the 1950s Americans’ trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era conservative leaders have deliberately and strategically undermined faith in the political system for partisan aims.

Fried and Harris detail how conservatives have sown distrust to build organizations, win elections, shift power toward institutions that they control, and secure policy victories. They trace this strategy from the Nixon and Reagan years through Gingrich’s Contract with America, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump’s rise and presidency. Conservatives have promoted a political identity opposed to domestic state action, used racial messages to undermine unity, and cultivated cynicism to build and bolster coalitions. Once in power, they have defunded public services unless they help their constituencies and rolled back regulations, perversely proving the failure of government.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Do you think the (you) Conservatives are this gullible?

For I certainly do.

RQA wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

Do you think the (you) Conservatives are this gullible?

For I certainly do.

But then you also think that Dodge owns Jeep and that inflation is caused by corporate greed.

Trapper Gus wrote:

How The Wealthy Trick Conservative Voters wrote:Polling shows that since the 1950s Americans’ trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era conservative leaders have deliberately and strategically undermined faith in the political system for partisan aims.

Fried and Harris detail how conservatives have sown distrust to build organizations, win elections, shift power toward institutions that they control, and secure policy victories. They trace this strategy from the Nixon and Reagan years through Gingrich’s Contract with America, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump’s rise and presidency. Conservatives have promoted a political identity opposed to domestic state action, used racial messages to undermine unity, and cultivated cynicism to build and bolster coalitions. Once in power, they have defunded public services unless they help their constituencies and rolled back regulations, perversely proving the failure of government.

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Do you think the (you) Conservatives are this gullible?

For I certainly do.

RQA wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

Do you think the (you) Conservatives are this gullible?

For I certainly do.

But then you also think that Dodge owns Jeep and that inflation is caused by corporate greed.

NumbersDude wrote:More government = more regulation= less freedom= more taxes.

The decline in American industrial production has a direct correlation to the grown of government and regulation.

Trapper Gus wrote:more taxes = more regulation = more government = more protection of personal freedom.

2YOU SUCK!

NumbersDude wrote:More government = more regulation= less freedom= more taxes.

The decline in American industrial production has a direct correlation to the grown of government and regulation.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

NumbersDude wrote:More government = more regulation= less freedom= more taxes.

The decline in American industrial production has a direct correlation to the grown of government and regulation.

decline?

Motown Spartan wrote:

AvgMSUJoe wrote:decline?

Don't ruin a good conservative talking point with the reality that industrial output in the USA is at all time highs.

RQA wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:more taxes = more regulation = more government = more protection of personal freedom.

This is about as accurate as Dodge owns Jeep.

Trapper Gus wrote:

RQA wrote:

This is about as accurate as Dodge owns Jeep.

herein is the falsehood Conservatives believe about freedom and government that the Conservatives don't think about critically.

Motown Spartan wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

herein is the falsehood Conservatives believe about freedom and government that the Conservatives don't think about critically.

To be fair, critical thinking and conservatism are mutually exclusive.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:

To be fair, critical thinking and conservatism are mutually exclusive.

Okay, though I don't agree.

Before Reagan they were using logic and a stated position. Nixon used race to win but governed like a per Reagan Republician.

NumbersDude wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

Okay, though I don't agree.

Before Reagan they were using logic and a stated position. Nixon used race to win but governed like a per Reagan Republician.

Reagan suxs. He banned machine guns