Comment on Why do most religious conservatives support capitalist ideology?
misk@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Religion is not the goal of conservatives, it’s a tool to preserve hierarchy in the society. Capitalism is another tool that achieves that.
The people that aren’t wealthy but are conservative benefit from hierarchy enforced by religion. It ensures that they’re not on the bottom of society - that place is intended for undesirables comprised of various minorities.
robotrash@lemmy.robotra.sh 10 months ago
But it seems like in general white conservatives are at the extreme bottom in most scenarios… they’re just also blinded by the “it’s just not my turn to be rich yet” fallacy.
xuxebiko@kbin.social 10 months ago
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
Both religion and capitalism ensure that white conservatives always have someone to look down on and they in return lends them their loud voice & violence.
misk@lemm.ee 10 months ago
If you’re at the extreme bottom there’s little chance to move upwards in capitalism but it’s comforting to have some undesirables who have it even worse than you.