White Americans who feel they are on the losing side of politics are more likely to oppose economic redistribution programs. Study finds this effect only appears when people compare their political standing directly to that of racial minorities.

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“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, you can pick his pocket. Hell, give him someone to look down on and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” -LBJ

Another way to phrase this is that a lot of white people are all for helping out other white people monetarily, but if they suspect any of that money might go to black people all of a sudden they freak out and oppose it.

Obviously when you bring up racially-based redistributionism to people, it makes them like likely to be in favor of redistributive economics, since the position being argued over is literally ‘race based-affirmative action reparations’ or not. And since the position is absurd, it’s rightfully opposed.

This is literally the Frankfurt school playbook. they couldn’t get the working class to overthrow the rich, so change the rules so their economic goal is framed as the oppressed minorities taking back what was stolen from them.

What percentage of non white groups in America want to give gay people the basic right to get married which costs them nothing? 🙂

MAGAt types have no problem with the nation’s wealth and resources being distributed to the wealthy elites.

I honestly wouldn’t be opposed to a reparations tax but our country is also very young comparably to other nations that have several hundred years head starts on their colonization. One half of my family moved over to the US from Denmark in the mid/late 1800s and were immigant farmers minding their own business in the northern US (Illinois and Michigan) My other grandfather was a second generation Dutch immigrant who grew up on a dairy farm in Iowa drinking raw milk before he joined the army and became a navigator in WW2. None of them had slaves. Being punished for being white isn’t the answer.

However I know so so so many people of colour, especially Africa Americans got fucked over by the GI bill that said they were going to get a home and were just erased from the roster after their service. The jerrymandering prevents parents from getting their kids into better funded and less overwhelmed public schools. We can endlessly bicker about what exactly is taught in schools but when you have a teacher with 30+ students in a classroom, some of which are already behind because the classrooms were crowded from the get, you’re going to have kids that get frustrated and lean into something else that is going to get them attention even if it’s bad attention and inversely affect the other kids that were lucky enough to keep up.

I havw anecdotal evidence even immigrants stop sympathizing with new immigrants pretty fast. It doesnt take long for people to only care about their own

That’s crazy because the elite are the ones who are hoarsing the wealth 

Racist Americans feel they need to be superior economically than racial minority, because…. Melanin…

-White Americans who feel they are on the losing side of politics are more likely to oppose economic redistribution programs. This effect only appears when people compare their political standing directly to that of racial minorities. The [findings](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20531680261426183) were published in the journal Research and Politics.

Economic redistribution involves transferring wealth or income within a society, usually through taxation and social welfare programs. In many developed nations, high levels of income inequality usually lead to increased public demand for these programs. The United States is a notable exception to this trend. The country features high economic inequality, yet public support for government redistribution remains relatively low.

Political scientists have proposed several explanations for this paradox. Some researchers point to American individualism or largely optimistic beliefs about upward mobility. Others suggest that many voters simply lack knowledge about how economic policies actually function.

More recent research looks at social relations rather than individual knowledge. People do not form their economic preferences in a vacuum. They compare themselves to others to figure out where they stand in the social hierarchy.

Governments are always doing wealth redistribution, it’s just a matter of which way the funds are flowing.

Paraphrased from Sam Sedar.

I wasn’t expecting the anger in the comments

Ironically for a nation where many claim christian roots for it, there is a mindset that seems to say “Fend for yourself and don’t ask for handouts”, despite the tax welfare the wealthy get whenever the GOP are in charge.

People who claim to be christian should know that Scripture tells us that the poor and vulnerable are to be cared for. This is part of the justice God expects of his people. for e.g.:

Deut 15:7-11 (ESV2011)

7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,8 but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.10 You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’