12 May 2005

RealClearPolitics On Sailer

[James Fulford] @ 1:14 pm [Email author] [Email this article]  [Print this article] [Print this article]

RealClearPolitics pick’s up on Steve Sailer’s “Affordable Family Formation” and Tom Bevan writes

Sounds reasonable - and rational - to me. If Sailer is right, then there’s nothing the matter with Kansas at all.

He’s right. I’ve never been a fan of the “false consciousness” theory promoted by Thomas Frank; even if Democratic policies would produce a better economic result for Kansans, (which they won’t) the Middle Americans refuse to be Economic Man, and vote for things other than an imaginary financial gain.