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I put that very clumsily, lack of compassion in any form is not what I meant. I'm sure people with lower socio-economic standing do certainly show compassion and empathy in a number of ways (charity, community etc). But look at what we saw here. It was very easy for the Leave campaign to convince large swathes of people that it their circumstances were the fault of immigrants and refugees under the banner of "the EU".
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Yeah totally, playing on people's fears is always the easiest option. The foreign bogeyman is an easy target and it seems to work.
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Less so in Northern Ireland which is a poor part of the UK.
You are not wrong, it's not the only factor though. Poor nationalist and mostly non white / mixed ethnicity poorer areas in uk saw it for what it is.
And then the well off people in South England and coastal areas of NI are definitely racists if attitude surveys / DUP voting are reliable indicators, they have their creature comforts but barely come up. What reason did they have?
The "my parents had it easier" USA middle class voted for trump a lot. Imagination of "it's not fair / immigrants will lower my house prices" worked too.
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In my experience perceptions of order (as in law & order, traditional family and careers, cultural familiarity) mean a great deal to low socioeconomic demographics if they are conservative in character.
Trumps actions in power (not the tweets) make him the most ultra conservative prez in recent history.
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miro_o
I can see what you're getting at but I just want to challenge this assumption
https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/poorest-people-give-highest-proportion-income-charity-says-study/fundraising/article/1176810