Gotta hand it to the GOP, Trickle Down Worked!

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15. It has "worked" to the degree many consider it an article of faith

Over the years I've heard so many buy into it mostly because they are not well read and sell themselves short and consider economists as sort of "smart people who know what they're talking about". They never connect the dots at how economics are politicized and how the economic sword being deliberately wielded against them.

They want to believe it works, and don't really want to bother to think critically, especially if it depresses them; preferring the ambiguity of their "bread & circus" existence.

Then there are the poor and working class conservatives I know. They're "for" trickle down, not because they've thought it through, but because it's a major platform of their "team"...and they are very very much tribalistic team players for the GOP. Makes them feel like stoic "working class heroes" that "pull themselves up by their bootstraps". If they continue to get shit on, economically; they write that off to the price paid to maintain flag-waving pride and "god & guns", and anyway, it's mostly the fault of "those people" ( dog whistle ).

The last paragraph above is a very strong dynamic I've noticed, since the late 80's among peers, coworkers, friends, acquaintances, and some family.