Conservative Southern Values Revived: How a Brutal Strain of American Aristocrats Have Come to Rule

[HiPointDem]

85. collective action has nothing to do with personal shopping choices. and the "average person is

more concerned about..." blah blah is crap. the average person is concerned about lots of things.

what the average person doesn't see is how they can effectively do anything about most of them. including the health care issue. in fact, a majority in the us would like single-payer. they didn't get it, because the ruling class in its wisdom once again granted them the deal that was best for the ruling class.

the only way people can be effective is if they're organized. the average person doesn't feel capable, doesn't have time for, doesn't feel like he knows enough about the issues or the power-brokers -- to organize anything, nor does he feel like if he tried his efforts would lead to any national organization capable of affecting policy.

and he's right, in general -- for the most part, successful movements are supported by some fraction of the elite in struggle against a different fraction.

i hear people saying what you're saying all the time here: "people are stupid, lazy, vote against their own interests, etc".

it's either the product of deep disillusionment/cynicism or it's duplicitious classist elite doublespeak. what it isn't is a realistic assessment of reality.