Neocon Liberals Scapegoating: Class Hatred Toward the Working Class

Neo-conservative liberals are very good at ignoring many things. First, the percentage of votes cast that swung to the Republican candidate in 2016 compared to 2012. White workers showed the lowest swing compared to African American – 7 percentage points and Latinos 8 percentage points. It seems that, unlike the politically correct neocon liberals, African Americans and Latinos simply don’t know what’s good for them.

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About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his five books: "From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning", "Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World" (co-authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn), "Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present", "Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized", and "The Magickal Enchantment of Materialism: Why Marxists Need Neopaganism". He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia, WA.

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