I wish I could be optimistic that the fact that Romney insulted large swaths of the white working class in his 47% remarks would lead to many of them waking up to their need to be in solidarity with the poor, people of color (poor and non-poor), and to break their connection with the right-wing fat-cats. Here's why I'm not optimistic. WHen Romney refers to those who are dependent on government and refuse to take personal responsibility, the white working class (and the right-wing white retirees) say to themselves: "That ain't me."
The unwillingness to entertain a different way of looking at the world when facts that contradict your world-view are thrown right into your face (as in Romney's comments) seems to be a constant --- It will take many more revelations such as Romney's speech to create the solidarity that the working class demonstrated in the 1930s and the next 30 years or so ...
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