Who is popular today?

The fight between the Hawaiians and the Thirty Meter Telescope reminds me of the book, “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” about the re-election of George W. Bush. The author, Thomas Frank, posits the idea that people can be manipulated because of cultural or religious beliefs to vote against their own economic self-interest. The Republicans’ drumbeat that Democrats would legalize same-sex marriage scared voters so that Ohio went Republican and we got George W. Bush and 17 years of war.