I used the racism quote above because that is the foundation of how completely broken the political system in the US is. Where every progressive policy can be short circuited -- reviled by the very people it would benefit the most -- through some simple racist gyrations.
Universal healthcare -- illegal immigrants!
Robust social safety nets -- the classic "black welfare mother with a Cadillac" canard that comes up every time, where trillions in corporate welfare get a pass by angering people about some hypothetical minority "taking advantage"
Universal income -- black mothers with lots of babies taking advantage
It's incredible, but the modern GOP plays it like a fiddle. It is extraordinary, and the public is willingly complicit.
Universal healthcare -- illegal immigrants!
Robust social safety nets -- the classic "black welfare mother with a Cadillac" canard that comes up every time, where trillions in corporate welfare get a pass by angering people about some hypothetical minority "taking advantage"
Universal income -- black mothers with lots of babies taking advantage
It's incredible, but the modern GOP plays it like a fiddle. It is extraordinary, and the public is willingly complicit.