The Confederacy Was A Con Job On Whites. And Still Is.
“THEY MANAGED THIS CON JOB PARTLY WITH A PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE THAT WILL BE FAMILIAR TO MODERN AMERICANS, BUT HASN’T RECEIVED THE COVERAGE IT DESERVES IN OUR SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS. STARTING IN THE 1840S WEALTHY SOUTHERNERS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 30 REGIONAL PRO-SLAVERY MAGAZINES, MANY PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND NOVELS THAT FALSELY TOUTED SLAVE OWNERSHIP AS HAVING BENEFITS THAT WOULD – IN TODAY’S LINGO – TRICKLE DOWN TO BENEFIT NON-SLAVE OWNING WHITES AND EVEN BLACKS. THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN OF THIS OLD-IS-NEW TRICKLE-DOWN PROPAGANDA IS THE MISTAKEN NOTION THAT ANY GAIN BY BLACKS IN WAGES, SCHOOLS OR HEALTH CARE COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WHITE WORKING CLASS.”
Today’s version of this con job no longer supports slavery, but still works in the South and thrives in pro trickle-down think tanks, magazines, newspapers, talk radio and TV news shows such as the Cato Foundation, Reason magazine, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. These sources are underwritten by pro trickle-down one-per-centers like the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch.
For example, a map of states that didn’t expand Medicaid – which would actually be a boon mostly to poor whites – resembles a map of the old Confederacy with a few other poor, rural states thrown in. Another indication that this divisive propaganda works on Southern whites came in 2012. Romney and Obama evenly split the white working class in the West, Midwest and Northeast. But in the South we went 2-1 for Romney.
Excerpts from: "IRONY"
Religion and politics have always been woven into the fabric of developed and developing societies; these two entities are often the birth-milk of empires. History constantly provides global and domestic examples of the aspirations of indigenous peoples and their embrace of the – seemingly –universal concept of God, as the creator of our conscious existence.
In his sometime perverse ambition to lead other men, mankind understands our captive preoccupation with God and will often inject a spirit of divine destiny in his ideological exhortations. We often find that men who aspire to be elevated as leaders, too often, evoke a certain cult around their persona which we may call “the cult of personality”. According to Wikipedia: A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.
Our news media, quite often, would not and will not acknowledge that this “cult of personality” is practiced in present day democracies. You, as the reader, must draw your own conclusions about this.
Learning about the personal details of leaders who exert power, or at least the illusions thereof, can tend to provide certain levels of fascination to the people who follow them. This may prove that the gap between reality and the unknown can oftentimes be vast.
Good laws – evenly applied - can be the equalizer, for each of us, in our relation with the people chosen to lead; these laws offer one and all, equal protections from unjust decisions. The law protects all members of our society and it makes for a fairer democracy. To this end, it is important to remain fixated upon these very important documents: The Magna Carta (Britain), The Rights of Man (France), and The Declaration of Independence and The Bill Of Rights (United States of America).
After 800 years, why- you may ask-does the granting of Magna Carta still remains a milestone of human history? Why does this feudal charter issued by this medieval king (John of England, 1215) still have such relevance to us today?
https://www.amazon.com/IRONY-Theophilus-Nicholson/dp/1520964846