Also in the way of analysis of the uber-conservative "mind"set I found
this rather evocative.
Kind of an introductory point:
Quote:
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Let me unpack this for you as an Anthropolgist, because I think it says something about the enormous gap that lies between these people (Republicans and Punishers) and the rest of us. There are several things at issue here: the status of workers, the status of employers, and the status anxiety Republicans feel when they don't believe that they are treated as an employer should be treated by their employees. In this case everyone in the Federal Government, from the President down to the lowliest Federal Street Sweeper, is not giving Varney the satisfaction that he thinks is his due. And he is damned if they will be paid when they don't do their job to his satisfaction. In this way his attitude is like that of the angry customers, the "Punishers" described in Jay Porter's series of essays about what happened when he moved an entire restaurant from tipped wait staff to non tipped.
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There's a link to the mentioned essays about Jay Porter's attempt at a tipless restaurant--also excellent reading. I admit I have a terrible time trying to twist up my world view into a teabagger's version because it's so completely foreign to my experience and general outlook. I can't imagine trying to walk around all day every day feeling like everything around me is a threat and being generally hateful about people I don't know. It would be like trying to wear
the cruel shoes 24/7.