It's the Suffering, Stupid

“The economy, stupid” is an old political equation and statement made by Chester “James” Carville, campaign strategist for Bill Clinton turned CNN contributor and political analyist. It’s a simple and straight-forward calculation: If you can improve the material conditions for voters you will win. Because at the end of it all “we” just want the same things. We want to see our children grow in stable environments, we want to be cared for in old age, we want to live longer happier and healthier lives. Right? The only problem with Carville’s thirty-year-old calculation is that it does not consider the following:
http://www.dailypublic.com/articles/...ffering-stupid




The white people voting for Trump—applying to be ICE or Customs and Border Protection officers, giving their pay to GoFundMe for a make-believe border wall, and killing black people on the street either as vigilantes or in uniform—are not fighting this desperate battle for control of resources. No! These white people have ALSO lost faith in the American project of continuous consumer power and material luxury.
Is this what is happening in Chicago? Is it white people killing black people?

Fact Check: Ivanka Trump Falsely Tweets 7 Killed, 52 Wounded ‘Near A Playground’ In Chicago’s ‘Deadliest Weekend Of The Year’

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08...tings-twitter/