MikeK
Gold Member
I believe that behavior to be an example of the same kind of tribalism that accounts for the rise of the Third Reich. By adopting the values and supporting the ideology of a perceived power structure a sense of assimilation takes place in the mind of the most powerless and insignificant.These right wingers. Wet dream after wet dream about money.
This is why they want to pass legislation to protect "wealth". Because they all think that one day, they will have "wealth".
Ask them how they will get this "wealth" and their eyes glaze over. Their breath slows. A single tear falls down one cheek to join the drool that's already falling in a steady drip. Then the delusion kicks back in. And they act like they never heard the question.
All they know is they have to protect their imaginary "wealth". Oh, it's real, they just haven't got it yet.
As you have correctly observed, the vast majority of those who vigorously oppose a tax increase on the super-rich don't have a pot to piss in. And while many of them have sufficient intelligence to understand how incongruous their position is they adhere tenaciously to it because it affords them a sense of power.