Politics is about coalitions. Racists are part of the Republican coalition. You can’t deny that. All the states that voted for segregation are now red.
Welfare was politically popular. FDR ran and won 4 terms on a chicken in every pot. It’s only when Blacks got welfare that it became unpopular. Conservatives used the image of Blacks on welfare as a political tool to excite racist Whites.
I haven’t even gone into the racism of drug prohibition that turned Black communities into war zones.
And if welfare is so bad why are so many European welfare states so successful?
The sixties are calling for you. :roll:
Now you have made a number of generalizations based on appeals to popularity (i.e. "everyone knows this is true"). Let me respond in kind with my humble opinions.
Yes, there are probably racists in the Republican Party (those few who don't have their own nationalist minor party affiliations).
But I contend that there are also racists in the Democratic Party. Aside from the obvious race-baiting members of various Democratic minority blocs, there are also some White Liberals who are all about equality...as long as it doesn't live in their neighborhoods or date their son's and daughters. BTW, every time someone lumps
all "White people" together with any type of characteristic...that is also racism.
Yes, welfare is always politically popular. History is replete with examples including the "bread and circuses" used by the Roman elites to keep Roman citizens happy...on the backs of slaves and tribute from the conquered territories. In our time it is "take from the rich and give to the poor" when IMHO it should be "teach a man to fish and he can take care of himself."
Blacks are not the only people on welfare, there are many Whites and Hispanics there too. The difference is (IMHO) that after Johnson's "Great Society" efforts many of my peers in the Black Community learned it is easier to work the system then it is to go out and exercise good work ethics with real employment. Yet I have noted many members of the Black Community who work hard, get married, raise families and do very well financially in this "racist, oppressive" society. Strangely, many other members of the Black Community call such citizens denigrating names.
As for the welfare states in Europe? Much is being made of this and yet...since the influx of migrants there seems to be a strain on several EU member state's economies...and all is not well in many social situations as these migrants seek to impose their culture, mores, and laws on their adopted nations.
Sooo...see, your tactics work both ways. However, I am offering opinions based on my worldview. You are asserting things as if they are established facts.