It's not class warfare. It's Social Darwinism.

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Friday :: Oct 8, 2010
Class warfare

by Turkana

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So, we have the widest income gap ever recorded. Clearly, this is because those on the wrong side of the gap not only made poor decisions before they were born, it's also because they are lazy. And the Republicans should be proud and honored that those who planned well ahead of their being born and who are not lazy are being protected. It's not class warfare. It's Social Darwinism. Which is why groups funded by or tied to those nice Koch brothers are financing the "grassroots" teabag "movement", protecting Wisconsin from the dangers of democracy, and who knows what else. It's why Karl Rove's American Crossroads, which is waging its own private ad war against Democrats everywhere, is funded almost entirely by billionaires. They're only doing their part for society. The right kind of society. The only society that matters. After all, that increasingly teeny tiny minority of the super wealthy needs protection against the perils of populism now being promulgated by Socialists and Communists and anyone else petty enough to be concerned with anyone else. It has to be one of the smallest minority demographics ever!

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When disaster strikes, both natural and not, it is the poor and minorities that suffer most. From Katrina to the BP oil disaster to the global impacts of climate change, environmental consequences cause the most suffering among those already suffering from wealth disparities. In case you were wondering why Republicans so viciously oppose environmental regulations, now you know. Why should we waste time and energy and particularly money worrying about problems that mostly affect the people that didn't know how to pick their parents or who are lazy or on drugs? Those that can't buy their way out of crises deserve what happens to them! But it isn't class warfare!

From health care to education to mass transit to Social Security, if a government program helps those in need, Republicans oppose it. They will support tax cuts targeted for the wealthy, while opposing tax cuts targeted for those that aren't wealthy. The Republicans clearly have an overall ideology, and it is reflected throughout their agenda. Which isn't class warfare. But calling them on it is.

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