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Tea Party's True Nature?

I don't agree, but this is an interesting take: Liberals like to attack the Tea Party as racist, and some on the far right embrace them as an evolving expression of ?implicit whiteness? in America, but race is not what defines them. The Tea Party is fighting to transform America into a gerontocracy ? a government of the old people, by the old people, and for the old people. More specifically, the old people who will be ruling are the Baby Boomers, the most narcissistic and avaricious generation in American history. The above-mentioned NYT report identifies the demographics of the Tea Party as being primarily old and white. Even if he were right, how is that different from any of the other political parties? Democracy is legalized theft. Those who participate - either by making bribes/giving campaign contributions, or by forming huge voter blocks of old/gay/black/Hispanic/female - get to steal the most...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).