It's all racism and class-ism. 100%. Don't try to find any Sense in it [View all]

[cthulu2016]

Why do people vote against self interest? Why do people believe weird conspiracy theories? Why do people seem to want to have no health insurance and want to give all their money to the rich to wipe their asses with?

It is just racism and class-ism. It is not always crude racism and class-ism. It is not aways about hating the poor or hating non-white people.

It is about supporting (however irrationally) one's own perceived race and one's own perceived class.

Many millions of white Americans simply cannot deal with having a black president. They assume it must be against their interest. There is no rational evidence that it is against their interests, but that is not how they perceive it.

Romney is like the white Marion Barry. Marion Barry kept getting elected because he infuriated white people so much it was assumed he must be the best choice for black people. But when he famously said his snow removal plan was "spring" it didn't help black people any. (In that case DC was like the USA in that DC is a black majority as America is white majority.)

A lot of white people, many of whom are not coarsely racist see that their life sucks and they assume that given a choice between a white person and back person the white guy must be relatively on their side, even though he is demonstrably, and aggressively not on their side.

Race can make Americans fools.

The fact that Obama is black magnifies the previous dynamic, which was Democratic presidential candidates being perceived, by the 60% of white people I'm talking about, as liking black people and thus presumably not being in the best interests of white people.

As long as 50%-60% of white people perceive their interests as racial and/or class-oriented, and uniquely their own, then they will continue to overlook all common ground with other groups and assume that the Republican must somehow be on their side.