Luna del'Corvo

"turkeys voting for Christmas" I like that! And it's just the way of it. I think it's a generational thing, going back to the post WWII idea of the American Dream. The people who support the Tea Party (and who think Obama is a socialist) are the ones who grew up believing that anyone can be a millionaire. They all bought that whole musical number about the plucky kid off the streets who can, with hard work, some smarts, and just a bit of luck, make it big. They don't want to limit the rich, or the corporations, because they are still somehow convinced that it will be them someday. They really, honestly believe that the 95% of the population that holds 5% of the wealth are just lazy or they'd be rich, too.

Think about it: take the 'anyone can make it big' myth of Beneficent Capitalism, and combine it with the neo-Calvinist Prosperity Gospel, and you have a toxic combination that's just begging to be used and abused by Corporate America and tossed aside like last night's Trojan. And if the environment, the health care situation, the homeless, the ever-growing poor get totally fucked up in the process? Well, too bad too sad.