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comment by humanodon

    This is not to mention the fact that many under-class people are disenfranchised or simply don’t vote, though I have heard that is slowly changing.

It's easy to see how this happens, too. It's a negative reinforcement loop; vote, nothing happens except for money being spent and the voters see none of it. Why then vote?

But, that's part of how people gain confidence in marginalizing others. If people don't express opinions and do so in ways that get attention, then they are ignored or seen as accepting of whatever behaviors.