As might be expected, Krugman nails it:
As might be expected, it's because the right has a very effective propaganda machine:
Read it -- he goes into detail.
And it occurs to me that this has implications far wider than health care -- I mean, this is how we wound up with that tweeting migraine in the White House.
Why did Obamacare survive? The shocking answer: It’s still here because it does so much good. Tens of millions have health coverage — imperfect, but far better than none at all — thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Millions more rest easier knowing that coverage will still be available if something goes wrong — if, for example, they lose their employer-sponsored plan or develop a chronic condition.
Which raises a big question: Why did the prospect of health reform produce so much popular rage in 2009 and 2010?
As might be expected, it's because the right has a very effective propaganda machine:
The question then becomes why so many people believed these lies. The answer, I believe, comes down to a combination of identity politics and affinity fraud.
Whenever I see someone castigating liberals for engaging in identity politics, I wonder what such people imagine the right has been doing all these years. For generations, conservatives have conditioned many Americans to believe that safety-net programs are all about taking things away from white people and giving stuff to minorities.
And those who stoked Obamacare rage were believed because they seemed to some Americans like their kind of people — that is, white people defending them against you-know-who.
Read it -- he goes into detail.
And it occurs to me that this has implications far wider than health care -- I mean, this is how we wound up with that tweeting migraine in the White House.
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