Abbreviation of "Reverse Robin Hood."
Many people, even those who claim to hate Reaganomics/Neoliberalism, will argue things like, "If you cancel the student debt of people who had the collateral to take out HUGE loans, and whose annual income exceeds their total student debt, that money will 'trickle down' to others."
That's wrong. That's Paul Ryan's "I Got Mine Now Fuck You" economic plan.
Some will say, Populism -- rule by the "pure" -- is more important than social progress. All it really means is, all of these "progressive" economic plans do indeed help White Hetero Affluent Males climb higher, but at the expense of the Blue Collar Working Class. These Populists may claim this is all part of Class Warfare against the top 2% -- but rather than punch up, they are punching down at legislation that means equal progress for women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, et al. It is stealing from the poor to give to the Affluent White Collar Middle Class, who in turn never do overturn tax codes and other pyramid schemes that give to the Rich. Thus, Reverse Robin Hood.
Many people, even those who claim to hate Reaganomics/Neoliberalism, will argue things like, "If you cancel the student debt of people who had the collateral to take out HUGE loans, and whose annual income exceeds their total student debt, that money will 'trickle down' to others."
That's wrong. That's Paul Ryan's "I Got Mine Now Fuck You" economic plan.
Some will say, Populism -- rule by the "pure" -- is more important than social progress. All it really means is, all of these "progressive" economic plans do indeed help White Hetero Affluent Males climb higher, but at the expense of the Blue Collar Working Class. These Populists may claim this is all part of Class Warfare against the top 2% -- but rather than punch up, they are punching down at legislation that means equal progress for women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, et al. It is stealing from the poor to give to the Affluent White Collar Middle Class, who in turn never do overturn tax codes and other pyramid schemes that give to the Rich. Thus, Reverse Robin Hood.
"DId that Berniecrat actually just say we should prioritize sending rich white boys to college, and ignore children who can't even go to a school with clean water to drink?"
"Sure did. #RRH."
"Sure did. #RRH."
by the modhatter August 20, 2024