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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big liberal here.  I would be willing to accept the hypothesis that people are often more inclined to help one of their own, and therefore liberalism often flourishes in homogeneous societies

I believe that progressive policies flourish in times/places of plenty.  People are willing to share when they are flush.  When resources become more scarce, people start to become more protective of their own.  [b]So they fight for lower taxes, less public assistance...[/b]. they even want regressive policies on affirmative action, workplace rights for women, etc. etc.  Kind of like what we are living now.  [/quote]

It would seem in the last financial crisis, this divide was partisan and not racial or cultural.  We elected a President who promised to raise taxes on the wealthy, and a bunch of wealthy white people voted for him.  I don't think white Democrats decided to claw back public assistance. They expanded it.  Republicans, they wanted to cut taxes and cut public assistance.[/quote]

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