--- Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you suggest that the "yokels'" fascination with
> "elites" is a
> driving force in the lives of the former, I can
> suggest only that you
> consider the number of faux dive bars in gentrified
> Brooklyn, then
> compare it to the number of faux yuppie coffeehouses
> in factory towns
> and farming regions.
[WS:] I did not count faux yuppie coffeehouses, but I did count France- UN- and liberal- bashing or hyper-patriotic bumper stickers on Walmart parking lots and back roads in rural PA and MD at one point. There were plenty.
>
> And if you think that "yokels'" bitterness exerts
> more influence on
> politics than "elites'," use Google to count the
> number of times
> phrases such as "redneck" and "white trash" appear
> at Web sites like
> Alternet, Common Dreams, and the Huffington Post.
[WS:] I did not say they have any influence per se. They are merely useful idiots whose anti-elitism and anti-intellectualism is easily manipulated by the business class and right wing politicians to get enough votes to defeat any progressive candidate or initiative.
Wojtek
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