Re: Class Divide in Iran (was Once Upon a time)
On Aug 24, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Bush’s supporters stand on the opposite side of the class divide to Ahmadinejad’s supporters, Chavez’ supporters, Nasrallah’s supporters, and so on.
Lots of Bush’s supporters are working class; the ones that go to a
Bush rally are the ones who’d repeat the party line. So quotes from
attendees at a rally don’t really cut it as political analysis. And
just because working class people believe something doesn’t make it
good or right. Members of the American working class believe a
boatload of nonsense, but you wouldn’t cheer those beliefs on with
the credulous enthusiasm you reserve for your Persian Prince.
Doug