Do Republicans appeal to racists?
- Democrats accuse the Republicans of racism because it allows them to maximize their antiracist vote while pursuing policies that attract other voters who either don't care about that issue or who prioritize something else.
- The only rational explanation of the Republican Party’s “racism” problem is that Democrats know antiracism wins votes, so they want to attack the Republicans on this issue in order to maximize the vote without actually needing to do anything.
The Republican Perspective
- From the Republican perspective, you can't do much about the accusation of secret racism because it's secret.
- Democrats, naturally, have now gone to the next level: even black Republicans are secret racists!
- Just as Republicans accused Democrats of being Confederates long after that claim had any basis in fact, Democrats will accuse Republicans of being racists as long as the accusation works
How long will consumers/voters prefer "antiracist" candidates?
- Let's stop pretending racism works politically-it doesn't.
- If Americans truly were racists, then allegations of racism wouldn't be allegations: they'd be compliments or descriptions.
- The fact that virtually everyone considers these allegations to be allegations utterly refutes the proposition that America is a racist nation.
- Economics rebuts this divisive myth.
https://mises.org/wire/economic-perspective-accusing-political-opponents-racism
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