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Herring ◴[] No.44611149[source]
Step 1: Point at immigrants/trans/blacks/etc

Step 2: Cut taxes on the rich. <---------- You are here

It works every time. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson said: “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

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yakz ◴[] No.44611187[source]
Let’s see how the rural poor feel when their hospital closes, they can’t get medicaid, health insurance is wildly out of reach, they have no ability to borrow money thanks to insane medical debt that they can never repay, and their wages are garnished for student debt from a degree they never finished. How long until debt becomes a crime?

We’re gonna recreate serfdom in the USA.

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1. myvoiceismypass ◴[] No.44616013[source]
> Let’s see how the rural poor feel

There is a book titled "What's the matter with Kansas?" which dives into this a bit (hint: they will continue to vote against their best interests)