Thursday, November 17, 2011

When The Ideas Are Not On Your Side Invoke The Culture War

Krugman tells us the attack by the right on OWS protests, and the attack on Elizabeth Warren are typical of its approach to politics. The OWS protesters are described as dirty hippies who are not like hard working Americans, and Elizabeth Warren is an elitist Harvard Professor who is also not like ordinary Americans (It would be better if she had a beard). The GOP, which has always defended the plutocracy, does so by invoking the culture war. They have been successful by running as ordinary folks who care about hard working people and the small business person. Voters should ignore the real concerns expressed by the protestors, and the real concerns for the middle class that Elizabeth Warren's campaign is about. Instead they should vote for ordinary folks like them in the GOP. This enables the GOP to serve the plutocrats with whom they identify.

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