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.
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robotrash@lemmy.robotra.sh 10 months agoBut 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.
misk@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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.