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(1,746 posts)I've grown so cynical of these so-called polls and those whose attitudes shape the results.
Building upon the observations of de Toqueville a century earlier, the anti-intellectual nature of so-called "mainstream culture" was noted in the 1950s by anthropologists/sociologists George and Louise Spindler. Most simplified, consider this dynamic on of the "higher-learned" v. the "poorly educated" (as TFG called them after the NV caucus, e.g., "I love the poorly educated."
To a great extent, the lineage of this general attitude has manifested cross-generationally and remains. It can be found in the coarse narcissism of extreme individualism, encompassing its various stripes, e.g., xenophobism, racism, misogyny, homophobism, Christian nationalism, antigovernment libertarianism, fascism, and more.
In other words, today's hardcore GOP base.
I don't give a flying fuck about what they think about this.
That's a wrap.