tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post7311279655444647861..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: The Neoconservative Passion for Alexis de TocquevilleEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-90078929460804131872011-07-05T11:28:06.633-04:002011-07-05T11:28:06.633-04:00I think your post identifies a key cause of the bi...I think your post identifies a key cause of the bias against the poor. Those in positions of power have rarely, if ever, experienced poverty themselves, often having been born into affluence or at least middle class comfort, yet at the same ironically fancing themselves to be self-made individuals.<br /><br />For them, poverty seems to be a defect of character, not a result of a myriad of circumstances, many of which people have little or no control over.<br /><br />The saddest part is, however, it is often these very same disenfranchised people who either don't bother voting or vote for those who will harm them the most.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.com