tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post6523689468150105052..comments2024-03-04T04:09:01.839-06:00Comments on And Doctor Biobrain's Response Is...: Corporate Masters Unite!Doctor Biobrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641661532899934766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-45158080521896898522008-07-13T15:41:00.000-05:002008-07-13T15:41:00.000-05:00Why should Joe Schmo Limbaugh Listener agree? What...<I>Why should Joe Schmo Limbaugh Listener agree? <B>What's in it for them?</I></B><BR/><BR/>It's the idea that they belong to a class that they perceive as better than they are. No one considers themselves "poor white working lower class." Poor is poor no matter what race, religion or gender. But no one wants to consider themselves part of the poor tribe. And poor white man doesn't want to be in the same tribe as a poor black man, especially if they're being constantly told that their plight is all the immigrants' fault, or those welfare blacks, or those damned socialist liberals who want to spend more of your tax dollars.<BR/><BR/>So, as Digby usually explains, it's all a sense of tribalism or a tribal culture of wanting to belong to something or some group that they subconsciously think is better than their current life.<BR/><BR/>And that's why they <B>always</B> vote against their own best interests.Broadway Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644413332521237567noreply@blogger.com