The Clinton state voters aren’t parasitic, they contribute more to the economy and are more productive than the Trump state voters. See my other post on this for the numbers.
This article<https://www.edge.org/conversation/what-makes-vote-republican> I found fairly interesting -- various scholars debate the nature of the Democrat vs. Republican “moral sense”. It seems to me the “fast thinking” is consistent with a heavy reliance on moral guidelines, and that deliberative thinking involves having less reliance on `collective memory’. Instead, the use of reason and situational ethics. Haidt argues the dimensions of morality include fairness/reciprocity, harm/care, ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect and purity/sanctity and the broad set of features that Republican voters tend to favor. The others after fairness are mechanisms for maintaining small group integrity and strong control systems. Neoliberals really focus on fairness and the rest of the items are deemed redundant (but bleeding heart liberals also bring in the `care’ dimension). To liberals, the others are not essential (and potentially disruptive) to a large, growing economy. Trump’s team did expertly exploit and continue to exploit the latter moral dimensions. The white nationalist stuff, appealing to evangelicals, deporting immigrants, the tweet about flag burning, bringing billionaires into the administration, and so on. I like the idea of using the environment as a unifying moral principle for folks on the left. That makes a lot of sense. From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 10:27 AM To: Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: [FRIAM] Stop Calling People "Low Information Voters" | Quillette I love it. The Elites are getting hammered. Snobocracy is now so visible that it can be attacked for what it really is. http://quillette.com/2016/11/30/stop-calling-people-low-information-voters/ This was also referred to by this: http://quillette.com/2016/11/14/cut-out-the-literally-hitler-hysteria/ I love a good rant! Liberal Elites lost the election. Oh, wait, maybe we *are* LEs? -- Owen
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