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[teodroseIII]

If there is one thing that united slave holders in the South and moguls in the North in the era leading up to the Civil War, it was the fear of poor “whites” realizing that they have more in common with slaves than they had with the rest of society. To this extent, all efforts were continuously extended to brainwash “white” sharecroppers—who were practically working for free and living in horrific conditions—into believing that “black” people were beneath their contempt. All you need to convince a pauper that he is a prince is to point to someone who has lesser means.

Despite all the efforts extended to cleave poor “whites” apart from poor “blacks”, there were campaigns as far back as the Reconstruction era to form alliances between the two factions in the heart of Dixie. Matthew C. Butler, a former Confederate General, explained in his testimony in Congress that men like him felt undermined and their concerns unheeded which led him to work with freedmen to advance their collective interests. These types of solidarity movements represented a clear and present danger to the hustle of Northern and Southern aristocrats alike in ways that made William Tecumseh Sherman look like Mother Theresa...continued...

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[Abe Abraham]

The problem are poor whites everywhere in the Western world. They put race above class. Right-wing and extreme right parties in the West are supported by many poor whites. The funny thing is that those parties do not represent the economic interest of the poor whites.

[Somaliman]

The problem are poor whites everywhere in the Western world. They put race above class. Right-wing and extreme right parties in the West are supported by many poor whites. The funny thing is that those parties do not represent the economic interest of the poor whites.

You're absolutely right; poor white people vote and support right-wing or extreme right parties all over the West regardless of which country they live in.

But the irony is that they vote right-wing parties, yet they expect the popular generous economic policies, including wealth redistribution, of the left - and that's impossible! You get what you vote for!