Righties exist in a fantasyland in which reality has no place. Dark Money manages their minds and they follow along even when policies hurt their own interests. It is a weird play in which the players think they are making the moves. Reagan was a large part of their hypnotic state, he told them their government was the problem and they believed. (see link below) The corporations and upper classes benefited and the righties cheered, this was as it should be, Odd that our first president along with Lincoln and Eisenhower all saw this and yet the righties and republicans blinded by propaganda followed and obeyed.
"Populism is unemployment insurance, public education, government-sponsored healthcare, and regulatory laws that protect workers and consumers. If we ever get there, it'll be a minimum income, a 4-day work week, generous paid leave policies, and actual support for new parents. And, yes, we need the negative parts of populism in order to get the positive parts, because none of the positive parts are free. We need money, and the money has to come from somewhere, and the only place it can come from is the rich. Negative populism is thus the foundation on which positive populism stands. But negative populism alone is not populism as such, any more than the foundation of a house by itself is enough to keep you warm in the winter or dry when it rains."
Rust Belt Philosophy: See also: special snowflakes, safe spaces, the closing of the American mind, crybabies, trigger warnings, pinkshirts, political correctness, etc. etc. etc.
Jeffrey D. Sachs: Ending the Ronald Reagan lie - The Boston Globe
"The unity of Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very Liberty, which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion, that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts."
Quote DB :: Speeches :: George Washington :: George Washington's Farewell Address Speech
"For decades conservatives have been demonizing government and not enough has been done to defend it. Ever since Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem," Republicans have been waging a political war against this institution. They have been joined in this anti-government crusade by libertarian thinkers, Tea Party activists, right-wing media pundits, and wealthy corporate lobbies. This powerful political coalition blithely ignores anything good about government and conducts a relentless smear campaign against this institution. They constantly play upon the fears and insecurities of average Americans and encourage them to blame all their problems on big bad government."
Government is Good - An Unapologetic Defense of a Vital Institution