Whenever you hear "class warfare", "lazy takers", "redistribution", "socialism" etc, consider this:

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17. The republican party struck it rich when they began to systematically cultivate and exploit the

personality defect in the useful idiot right wing base that is so easily tricked into voting against their own best interests.

I don't talk to "conservatives" about politics anymore. I have proven time and time again that if I want to know what they think I only need to listen to any right wing talking head for 2 minutes, then I can accurately judge what bumper sticker slogan is being regurgitated in the minds of every rightie on the street, including my own family.

I find it very frustrating that people who otherwise seem modestly bright can be reliably programmed like a goddamned zombie cult when it comes to anything relating to excusing the misdeeds of corrupt business leaders, or condemning the behavior of the poor or minorities.