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Jack Gladney posted:This is fascinating. Thank you and others who replied. Are there any good reads covering this ground--books or scholars somebody could pick up for more detail?
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Paradoxish posted:Isn't this just another way of describing low information voters? You're really just talking about people who haven't spent enough time researching actual policy to have a meaningful opinion. Perhaps the term describes the same group of people by coincidence, but the main difference between the two is that the low-information voter knows nothing but doesn't necessarily reject participation in the political process, while the politiphobe does, regardless of their knowledge level. The real tragedy of the politiphobe as described is that rejection of political struggle is in itself a political act, basically a capitulation to the evil professional political class that they fear and loathe. It's crucial to understand that this is not just individual laziness. Depoliticization of the middle and working classes is a part of the neoliberal project. The message goes like this: capitalism is vindicated, we have reached the end of history, no need to concern yourself in public affairs, we have a class of professional politicians who will manage society and advocate for your interests as long as you donate and vote, no need to do anything more. Trumpism is what results from the mass realization by the right that this is a rather obvious deception. I think the left is beginning to catch on as well. The renewed interest in leftist popular politics and mobilization is heartening, because it's exactly the correct response to the politiphobia that's been cultivated for the past few decades.
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