Quincy Lehr, I like what you've said in this thread. Points for having the courage to stick your head in the neo-liberal lion's mouth. (That said to Quincy, the point below digresses.)
I know it's way too simple to equate the American "MAGA" crowd with Brexiteers, but I was on the periphery of a discussion recently that mostly did just that. When I raised a finger, I tried to . . . certainly not defend or excuse bigotry, xenophobia, jingo-ism, and such like. I merely tried to suggest this: when Trump and Farage and other drum-beaters are out of the picture, there's still a beat that a large swath of our society is itching to dance and march to.
I put it in terms that the table of talkers immediately understood: "Even when the 'smart' people are back in charge, what to done about all our dumb people? I mean, by definition, there are fewer 'new' jobs in the New Economy-- that's why Business is shifting to them! When the fantasies of easy solutions fail to win elections, the question remains: What's going to happen to those left without a chair when the economic music stops?"
Without a trace of irony, and to a roar of approving laughter, one at the table said: "The Archie Bunkers of the world? Fuck 'em. They should have studied harder."
Another added, "Whattya mean our dumb people? The dumb are not my people. I've worked pretty hard to show that . . . ."
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