Ever wondered how different our nation would look if we were one, homogenous group?
In this very cool infographic from Buzzfeed, created from CNN exit polling, we can see what the USA would look like, politically, were it only comprised of white male voters, just as we were in 1850.
I don’t think any of us are surprised by this, but it’s sort of fascinating to see how this cookie really crumbles. And it raises this question—why is our most powerful political group so different from the majority?
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To build upon my previous point, there’s a difference between a certain institution being run BY a group, and being run FOR a group.
So yes, white individuals still dominate the top, but like I said, they could care less about average whites.
Think about it. If the U.S. were really so white supremacist and hell bent on maintaining said white supremacy, the 1965 immigration act would have never passed, and there is no way that the “white men who run everything” would permit immigration that is currently around 90% non-white. Not to mention that a situation where non-white babies outnumber white babies would have never been permitted.
The 1% is more interested in maintaing its class dominance than anything else. If it were really interested in maintaining its racial dominance, it would have shut down the borders a long time ago. It would not be moderately celebrating the impending non-white majority in mainstream newspapers.
Those aren’t the typical actions of groups trying to hold onto their dominance.
Just saying.
The one present is ok with immigration because they still need people to serve them… Kind of like National Lampoon’s “Piss Boy”. They’ll pay ya, but they drop it in the bucket.
The infographic makes a very big assumption. It assumes that the democrats would not have moved to the right. Even now some republicans are considering removing their opposition to the pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals. Certainly, the republican party would be no more if they don’t move to the left within the next 20 years or so.
The fight would be more on the margins. Remember the democrats had 60 members in the senate and couldn’t move legislation because if the blue dog democrats.