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Summing up the last four years…
The Poor Man sums up the last four years. One thing that used to completely baffle me was how close the upcoming election is. Looking at the facts and at what happened in the last four years, I couldn’t fathom why would anyone vote for Bush. However, I’ve come to understand (in part thanks to Johann Hari’s “Why would a Wal-Mart shelf-stacker vote for Bush?”) that voting is not so much about voting for someone with whom you agree on subjects that matter than voting for someone who opposes the same things you oppose: somehow, the big issues (like health care, education, etc) are not considered decisive anymore because people don’t think there’s much difference between the parties’ agenda. Politicians from both parties are perceived as sold-outs to corporations and many people get tricked into voting for someone who’s going to promote an agenda that goes against their best interest because of real issues are put in the background while voting choices are made on comparatively trivial matters. Another example of framing in action?
Into the Sun Feat. Martina Topley-Bird from the album Florida by Diplo
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about 5 years ago
The Hari piece is a good read – thanks for posting a link to it. It does befuddle me that so many middle class and poor Americans are willing to side with Republicans because of social wedge issues when it is the Democrats that are generally more interested in helping them get ahead through education, health care, and tax relief.