Even so, few Americans would say they are motivated to vote by the prospect of giving this
nation’s wealthiest citizens yet another gargantuan tax cut. Probably not too many cast their ballots so that billionaires such as Jeffrey Bezos, for example, can
do more back flips in zero gravity or acquire
another media outlet. And even fewer likely cast their vote so Koch Industries or its sprawling network of subsidiaries and associated conglomerates can freely
pump hazardous chemicals into our air, churn massive amounts of
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, or dump
toxic waste byproducts near where those voters live.
And yet the country remains
about evenly divided politically. Millions of ordinary American voters continue to vote for a party whose
entire existence is
predicated on
satisfying the economic interests and
desires of the
relatively tiny percentage of this nation’s uber-wealthy. These voters continue to do this even though they
personally disapprove of those policies. A substantial portion of those people premise their vote on
religious sensibilities, primarily their
opposition to abortion. However, there
simply aren’t enough of those people to form a national majority, and Republicans know this.
That is why the Republican Party has, for the past 60 years—and now, even more virulently
thanks to Trump—turned to crude racism as its chief motivator to get out the Republican vote. Because its actual policy goals of more tax cuts and more deregulation don’t particularly inspire people, Republicans must rely on something that does.
One of the more stunning concepts, arising out of certain hopeful Republicans to somehow distinguish themselves from the overwhelming and suffocating presence of Donald Trump, was the idea that the United States is “not a racist country.” Former South...
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LBJ called it in the 60's. And Republican voters still haven't figured it out yet.
