Why are men so angry?

[LittleBlue]

131. I think there is a gross misconception here- it's about money, not sexism

A lot of what you perceive as sexism is merely manipulation by the powerful wealthy. It is just one of many massive wedge issue to pit women vs. men, religious vs. secular, right vs. left, etc. so that the wealthy continue to become more wealthy. The wealthy are few, and thus subject to the judgment of the less wealthy. Unless of course they can manipulate the less wealthy to be on their side, and that's where the War on Women is so useful.

"Old white men" are "angry" because mouthpieces for the moneyed elite like Rush Limbaugh and Fox News incite their anger. They present a world view where white men are losing authority and are oppressed by women and minorities. Karl Rove wrote the playbook on this. Do you think he is concerned with whether some poor woman in Arkansas gets an abortion? He sees the deaths of thousands in war as nothing but a political benefit, so I doubt he cares about the life of a fetus. It's a game to accumulate power for those like the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, the defense and oil industry magnates, etc. to keep their money and ensure it grows (even when it should shrink, they have government bailouts to insure them against any major losses.)

Am I saying there is no sexism? Of course not. But it would affect you far less or not at all without the wealthy elites (who frankly don't give a fuck about guns, gods, gays, fetuses, condoms and vaginas) who fund the media and politicians, and ultimately whose money and influence turn the "anger" of men into laws that discriminate against women. Not their women, of course, because they always have the money to evade these pesky laws to which the rest of us are subject. It's all just a way for them to get enough people on the side of the wealthy by using other wedge issues in association to keep and grow their wealth.

Without this manipulation, many of these "angry men" might realize that due to the fact that most of them aren't multimillionaires, it would benefit them to vote for Democrats rather than Republicans. And that's the important issue, not catcalls, because most women won't receive a catcall, and for most it will be a momentary annoyance, but her economic disadvantage will affect her for her entire life, and her lack of healthcare might cause her to live a shorter, more painful life.