[lbo-talk] authentically working class

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Thu Sep 11 12:13:28 PDT 2008


Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>>
>> You're not quite getting my subtext here. In fact, all the outcomes
>> that fundies consider a problem--drug use, divorce, unmarried
>> preg--are more common in conservative, "religious" regions of the U.
>> S. than they are in "liberal" regions. (For instance, compare
>> divorce rates and unmarried pregnancy rates in Massachusetts and
>> Alabama.) As I said, of
>
>
> Without prejudice to your other points, this fact could be a product
> of income differences.
> Control for that and you might not see the Sodom in Fundie-land pattern.
>
Sure, but I don't think it's a coincidence that fundamentalism and income are correlated (the opiate of the masses and all that).

Miles



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