Posted on 03/10/2019 6:34:21 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
Democrats are supposedly the party of the poor and oppressed, mightily concerned about the distribution of income and the concentration of wealth – right? And Republicans are the party of business and the affluent, more concerned about expanding income, including that of the rich and wealthy, right? If these characterizations are correct, you would expect the political leaders for the Democrats to come from humble educational backgrounds befitting their allegedly populists beliefs. You would expect Republican leaders to be graduates of our nation’s academically gated communities, the highly selective rich private schools where even today most students come from affluent backgrounds.
In reality, this is all wrong – badly so. Republican political leaders come from far more humble educational backgrounds than their Democratic counterparts. And, for all their talk about income equality, the Democratic leadership has historically protected and expanded educational inequality through its actions, widening the gap between the rich and poor colleges, those considered distinguished and those considered ordinary.
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All of our current SCJs were Yale or Harvard educated (RBG graduated from Columbia, but went to Harvard Law first). How does this promote diversity of thought? If we were talking about crop seed from only two backgrounds, we would be worried that coming from the same sources the crop seed was too inbred and thus susceptible to disease. Nonetheless, we just accept that inbreeding in education and government is OK. It isn't.
The party of grievance studies majors.
Yeah it’s interesting that people on both sides vote against their own best interest economically, mostly over differences in opinion on social issues.
Given these facts, the left just flips the spin: Now, the right consists of stupid, poor, white people who the modern world is leaving behind.
“Given these facts, the left just flips the spin: Now, the right consists of stupid, poor, white people who the modern world is leaving behind.”
Yes, and the profound wisdom coming from people like AOC is validating this spin. Or not.
Thanks. Good to have the numbers on this from what we have thought.
There! Fixed it.
Agreed!
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