Liberals Are Different From You And Me - Road to the Middle Class

A wide body of research shows that modern liberals are much more likely to complain about things in their lives. Conservatives are more content with their lives. When asked “How satisfied are you with life these days?[”] Sixty-six percent of conservatives said “very satisfied” compared with only 46 percent of liberals. Conservatives are more likely to say they love their jobs (53 percent vs. 41 percent) and even enjoy their hobbies more (63 percent vs. 51 percent). When asked by the Social Capital Survey whether they were satisfied with their income, liberals were more than three times as likely to say “not at all satisfied” — even when they earned the same as conservatives.

You expect that especially when it comes to housework, liberals whine more. Indeed “feminist women do less housework than traditional women — but complain more about it. ”

It makes sense that the champion whiners, Barack and Michelle Obama, should be heading up the Democratic Party. It takes whiners to lead a party of whiners.

Many observers believe that Barack Obama secured the liberal base of the Democratic party because he was antiwar from the beginning. But I think it’s because he mastered the art of complaining and won over the Whine Caucus. Today the Democratic party is dominated by groups making claims of victim status ” blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, unwed mothers, artists, pampered academics, environmental activists, the poor, the unemployed, animal rights activists, women, homosexuals.

You might ask, what does a guy who graduated from Harvard Law School married to a woman with degrees from two Ivy League schools have to whine about?

It’s a good question. I’m afraid I don’t have the answer. Beyond the fact that they are liberals.

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Christopher Chantrill blogs at www.roadtothemiddleclass.com. His Road to the Middle Class is forthcoming.