why did the ruling class do this? i have vague ideas but not sure what is the actually correct analysis
- jesus
republican people with power actually believe the crap they say and/or know their voters do, so they genuinely just dont want abortions to happen because jesus
- class warfare
millennials arent having enough babies to support the labour pool + people with children make for better cogs, since they are less likely to stir shit and cause problems for their employers/landlords as they will feel they have more to risk
- fascist state
hearing stories from people reporting on their neighbours in texas, its about creating a fascist panopticon with people increasingly policing themselves and everyone they interact with across the country, with more things to police about each other to be added in the future
is it one of these, or a mix, or something else, or is it pointless to even search for the "correct" analysis here?
I think 1 was the engine that drove this home. Those people have been the support base keeping that effort going for half a century. It was useful to keep them all activated with voting.
I also think it's no coincidence that those same conservative SC judges that overturned Roe are also trying take a sledgehammer to the regulatory state. I don't think the elite give a damn one way or another about the labor pool. They're fine with outsourcing jobs and importing cheap labor. But for every 1 social issue case like Roe, there are 20 allow-Nestle-to-use-slaves cases. A textbook definition of fascism is a political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted.
It's the same religion/business connection the GOP has had for decades.
It's the other way around
Guess it was an American textbook published in the past 20 years