@KiffinEileen Well, the funny thing is that 60, 70 years ago and before, you could depend on Americans voting their pocketbook. This is good. This keeps the 1% oligarchy from forming. Tax cuts for the rich or for corporations was not a thing.
But Americans stopped doing that during my lifetime. Instead of voting self-interest, they now vote ideology. Ideology can be manipulated. And so we have poor people voting for tax cuts for the rich because the party they support ideologically is operated by and for the rich.
We'd be much better off if people understood what was going on and voted their self-interest like they always used to.
@msavoritias @KiffinEileen Yes, it's good to remember that some of the founders of the U.S. felt that people shouldn't be able to vote unless they owned some land. They felt that if you didn't own any land you didn't have any skin in the game, so to speak, so your vote might not be in the best interest of the country.
Fortunately, that faction didn't get their way.
@shuttersparks
Not in USA
ever
@shuttersparks @KiffinEileen
USA as a system has been tweaked for rich white males owning slaves since the beginning. Just look at the robber barons era. Maybe now it has become obvious to you.