----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:46:03 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] rednecks disappearing!
<http://wonkette.com/405437/nate-silvers-magic-numbers-prove-rednecks-dont-exist>
OUR VANISHING CRETINS Nate Silver’s Magic Numbers Prove Rednecks Don’t Exist
So, while the nasty dirt clown Sarah Palin may have really enjoyed campaigning in the “pro-America parts of America,” actual Americans all live in the towns and the increasingly complex/urbanized suburbs, which Obama won by 10.5 million votes and 2%, respectively.
[WS:] 2% is a *very* thin line, which is very easy to cross. The problem with "rural cretins" is not that they have a political mind of their own (which they do not), but that they can be easily manipulated to follow the political mind of pro-business fascist elements, which got pretty good at that manipulation. This unholy alliance of redneck populism and business fascism is not limited to the US, it can be observed in Europe as well (cf. France, Switzerland, Poland.) It is rather powerful mechanism for winning popular elections.
We may have won a battle this time around, but the class war that pits "rural cretins" vs. urban population is far from being over, in this country or elsewhere.
Wojtek