Actually, I've always thought of it a different way. And by always, I mean like, some time during the Bush/Post-9/11 era and at the time it was more "Libertarians" I was thinking of. They're really among the lowest of the low, or pretty close to it, middle to lower-middle class at most, most of them. And their thinking is if they conform perfectly enough, "when the revolution comes", while WE'LL be first against the wall, and assuming they support that too, they'll be rewarded. What with, exactly? Our ill-gotten gains, whatever they are, like, the social safety nets and various "passes" we supposedly have that they don't, because no way could we be struggling as bad as they are if not worse. Not realizing their "reward" will be to serve as cannon-fodder in whatever form said revolution takes. And then cannon fuel. And then their very carbon atoms repurposed as actual cannon-balls and actual cannons.
Actually, I've always thought of it a different way. And by always, I mean like, some time during the Bush/Post-9/11 era and at the time it was more "Libertarians" I was thinking of. They're really among the lowest of the low, or pretty close to it, middle to lower-middle class at most, most of them. And their thinking is if they conform perfectly enough, "when the revolution comes", while WE'LL be first against the wall, and assuming they support that too, they'll be rewarded. What with, exactly? Our ill-gotten gains, whatever they are, like, the social safety nets and various "passes" we supposedly have that they don't, because no way could we be struggling as bad as they are if not worse. Not realizing their "reward" will be to serve as cannon-fodder in whatever form said revolution takes. And then cannon fuel. And then their very carbon atoms repurposed as actual cannon-balls and actual cannons.