Historically, was LBJ correct here?
>>18068706Well, yah. It’s pretty obvious that one can motivate people to support policy that is totally against their own interests if they think their social status is somehow threatened. Hierarchal personality preference is a thing and it makes people do really silly stuff.
>>18068706Sort of, for example if you convince a bug that whitey’s a sucker his pockets will be emptied just not necessarily by the government.
>>18068713yo this guy's a commie
>>18068706the modern republican party is irrefutable evidence that this works, so yes
>>18068850That southern strategy type argument is wrong. Some Republicans briefly supported tax cuts because they had a pyramid scheme they expected to cash in on but most of the narrative today is just conspiracy and anti government and the economics of it don't matter.
>>18068706Historically, was he the worst president in US history?
>>18068706Yes. Kansas is a good example of this. Kansas consistently votes for Republicans, who then implement economic policies that screw Kansas farmers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F_(book)>In the late 19th century, says Frank, Kansas was known as a hotbed of the left-wing populist movement, but in recent decades, it has become overwhelmingly conservative. Trump had to find an emergency $30,000,000,000 in his first term, and $100,000,000,000 so far, to bail out Midwest Farmers to keep them from insolvency, because of his failed trade wars with China. But Kansas is so scared of gays and minorities and non-Christians, they will keep voting this way.
>>18070078The government shouldn't be subsidising farming in the first place.
>>18070082Its pretty much forced to at this point, and even Republican Libertarians like Trump have to bend the knee and give them gibs
>>18070094>Trump>LibertarianRetard.
>>18070082then you will have to import your onions and corn from Brazil smartboi
>>18070107Okay, so?
>>18070113Government subsidizes farmers to keep prices of food in the USA low. Unless you are prepared to spend a weeks salary on a nice thanksgiving dinner, which is how it was 150 + years ago, then be my guest.
>>18070117That isn't why they subsidise farming, it's to protect farmers from income and price fluctuations.
>>18070082A nation shouldn't be dependent on outsiders to feed itself
>>18068706>WHAT? YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN MEI don't know if I'm the "lowest white man" or if imagining I am "better" is one of my goals, but for purely practical reasons and my happiness and the happiness of my children I would prefer a slightly corrupt southern senator who preserves high trust communities to a federal shill who insists on turning them into a crime ridden ghettos and is still corrupt, just in a different way.
>>18070152>California >beautiful varied landscapes >centre of the global tech industry >centre of global culture via hollywood >economy larger than the UK and France despite having half the population >beautiful women >handsome men >best universities in the world >best national parks >surfing on the beach and skiing in the mountains in the same day >artistic culture >tolerant and inclusive people >delicious food >car culture >amazing food from asia and latinxstan >coconut water>cheap avocados>no rainNow you are aware that california is better than your country unless you are American in which case now you are aware California is better than your state unless you are Californian in which case you cannot suffer.
>>18070152>Californian boomers are moving to west virginia and Mississippi to retire so it's a bad placeBoomers also move to Thailand to retire, does that make it a good country?
>>18070123And what's the ultimate purpose of protecting farmers from income/price fluctuations that would otherwise drive them to bankruptcy, genius
