The Devil’s Dictionary of Economics
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Do poor Whites cling to religion and guns because they are bitter? Can they be bought off with the same nostrums that the Democratic Party used to buy the votes of poor Blacks? Yes and no. While the word “cling” was a bit tactless, Barack Obama is right that religious/paramilitary organizations thrive on bitterness. This is evidenced by the appeal of the KKK in the US South, of Hezbollah in Lebanon or of Hamas in the Gaza Strip – see Apartheid. However, Obama is hopelessly off-base if he thinks that poor Whites are bitter because the Republicans didn’t put the same feedbag on them that the Democrats put on inner-city Blacks. They are bitter for one reason and one reason only: Affirmative Action. When a White man’s son is denied admission to college while Black gang-bangers strut around campus with their pants halfway down their asses, he becomes bitter. See US of KKK-A.
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