Ruth, it's the Master's Mentality: when a master's authority is challenged s/he respond with moral outrage, vitriol, and, quite often, violence. The White ruling elites of the South feel challenged today as never before. Some of them are heavily invested in the fossil fuels industry. The old John C. Calhoun strategy of dividing poor Whit…
Ruth, it's the Master's Mentality: when a master's authority is challenged s/he respond with moral outrage, vitriol, and, quite often, violence. The White ruling elites of the South feel challenged today as never before. Some of them are heavily invested in the fossil fuels industry. The old John C. Calhoun strategy of dividing poor Whites from Blacks is no longer sufficient. This is why they appeal to tribalism, sexism, racism, religion even.
Ruth, it's the Master's Mentality: when a master's authority is challenged s/he respond with moral outrage, vitriol, and, quite often, violence. The White ruling elites of the South feel challenged today as never before. Some of them are heavily invested in the fossil fuels industry. The old John C. Calhoun strategy of dividing poor Whites from Blacks is no longer sufficient. This is why they appeal to tribalism, sexism, racism, religion even.