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OftenBen  ·  2919 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Total Destruction: The Democratic Party Has Gone Extinct In Working Class Appalachia

As a member of a recently lambasted ivory tower, it matters to me because the way those poor people vote directly affects my quality of life vis-a-vis, republican rulers of our shared government.

It's a form of coercion that's described well by Ayn Rand actually. Pay off the bums so they leave you alone.

To quote another author I love so much 'Once you pay danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane.'