[lbo-talk] mass dementia

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 19 12:27:18 PDT 2010


At 12:17 PM 8/19/2010, Doug Henwood wrote:


> > An important theme of US elite propaganda - going back in fact to
> the 18th century - is the inculcation of contempt for the unwashed
> majority on the part of the political class (today roughly the 20%
> of the population who've been to "a good college"). And the growth
> among the majority of the suspicion that Obama is a Muslim is a
> confused but accurate recognition that he's not working for them
>
>Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I wonder about the demographics of the people
>who believe this crap. Republicans and White Evangelicals are more
>likely to believe this nonsense than anyone else. Pew doesn't break
>it down by income or education, but the skew is probably more
>upscale than your excuse might suggest.

I think you're right. I don't think the majority spend much time at all thinking about Obama or any other politician, except as media personalities. This kind of stuff is more likely spewed by people who've been to college and make decent money than not.



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