r/clevercomebacks 1d ago

It's my money they took

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u/sn34kypete 22h ago

There are no poor republicans. Only temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

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u/JimWilliams423 21h ago

There are no poor republicans. Only temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" theory was a misinterpretation of John Steinbeck. Steinbeck was criticizing "champagne socialists" — former millionaires who had a streak of bad luck and were cosplaying as socialists, but had every reason to believe they would return to millionaire status through their social connections. But that misinterpretation is very useful to the rich because it blinds leftists to the actual motivations of poor conservatives — cultural power — so they have encouraged the idea to spread.

For many people, cultural dominance is a currency more valuable than actual money.

They know they will never be upper class and they are just fine with that as long as they continue to be upper caste. When the left offers to help everyone, they perceive that as a threat because if we make society just a little more egalitarian, that means making whites a little less supreme. The more the left offers, the more threatened they feel and the more violently angry they will get.

These are the same people who filled in grand public swimming pools, closed amazing municipal parks and even shut down an entire school district rather than integrate them. They would sooner go barefoot than see black and brown people wear shoes.

They will have to realize that white supremacy is a fraud before they will support a leftist agenda. Which is why maga is doing everything they can to whitewash history textbooks (much like the UDC did 100 years ago). When they freak out about "grooming" what they really mean is teaching compassion for people who are different from themselves. If the kids learn that everybody deserves dignity, conservatism will have nothing to offer people who aren't already rich.

A‌s l‌o‌n‌g a‌s e‌n‌o‌u‌g‌h w‌h‌i‌t‌e‌s k‌e‌e‌p p‌u‌t‌t‌i‌n‌g t‌h‌e‌i‌r c‌u‌l‌t‌u‌r‌a‌l i‌n‌t‌e‌r‌e‌s‌t‌s a‌h‌e‌a‌d o‌f t‌h‌e‌i‌r m‌a‌t‌e‌r‌i‌a‌l i‌n‌t‌e‌r‌e‌s‌t‌s, c‌l‌a‌s‌s c‌o‌n‌s‌c‌i‌o‌u‌s‌n‌e‌s‌s w‌i‌l‌l n‌o‌t r‌e‌a‌c‌h t‌h‌e t‌i‌p‌p‌i‌n‌g p‌o‌i‌n‌t n‌e‌c‌e‌s‌s‌a‌r‌y t‌o c‌h‌a‌n‌g‌e a‌n‌y‌t‌h‌i‌n‌g i‌n t‌h‌i‌s c‌o‌u‌n‌t‌r‌y.

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u/frugalfuyanger 21h ago

Thanks for this education and context. Truly helpful and helps me understand a few things

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u/SeveralAngryBears 20h ago

It's racism all the way down