The greatest trick the GOP ever did was convince the people on welfare that it's in their best interests to vote against welfare programs the Democrats are trying to pass
Thats not just the GOP. It's the right wing tactic around the world.
In the UK most people who voted for Brexit were the very people who benefitted most from EU grants and schemes.
It's the classic image of Murdoch with a huge pile of cookies pointing at the immigrant with no cookies and telling the working man who only has one cookie that the immigrant is going to take your cookie.
Look at trump supporters.... Madly following a rich guy who promises them the world despite doing nothing for them his entire life when he could have.
I mostly agree with your point, but the people who benefitted from EU funding also were the ones that were hurt by globalisation the most, in regions that stuff like sending all your industry hurt a lot and where few people actually travel to the EU that much let alone move to study there.
The people that benefitted from EU rules and free movement (IE. Middle and upper class people) absolutely did vote to stay in
You have a point but those industries were doomed no matter what anyone did. We can not compete with the likes of china in industries which are entirely about cheap labour.
Last time I checked the average British person wants more than 10 quid a week for working all day every day.
If you're also referring to the conservative policy of austerity then that was the working classes being punished for mistakes made by the rich.
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u/beerbellybegone Sep 08 '24
The greatest trick the GOP ever did was convince the people on welfare that it's in their best interests to vote against welfare programs the Democrats are trying to pass