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I maintain to you, if you have any agreement with things that I have exaggerated here - if you do hate the automobile industry, if you hate Wall Street, if you hate the banks, if you hate the financial industry, if you hate the airline industry, if you hate the pharmaceutical industry, if you hate retail - if you have resentments for all these industries, and think that your only protection is government - then you really, really need to grab yourself by the wrist as hard as you can and ask yourself, 'What the hell happened to you and who made you feel this way?' The one area of the media that people respect and like in conjunction with American liberals and socialists has made you feel this way. You hate oil? Is it rational? What the hell, folks? 'That's right, Mr. Limbaugh! It's five dollars in California, four dollars elsewhere, three dollars other places. It's not right. Somebody's gouging us.' Wait a minute! I thought you guys were all hoping for high prices down the road so it would lead to conservation? You can't make liberals happy no matter what they get. Even if it's what they want, it's never enough. There's a political party, and its allies who feed off of your paranoia, feed off of your hatred for all things great in America.

Rush Limbaugh#62

PoliticsMediaEconomicsMedia influenceResentmentSelf awareness

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker urges listeners to question their resentment toward industries and consider media influence.
In plain terms
If you hate major industries and rely on government, ask who made you feel that way.
What can you take from it?
Reflect on the sources of your economic resentments and political views.

Where it applies

  • political debates
  • personal reflection
  • economic discussions

Putting it to work

  • identify sources of resentment
  • evaluate media consumption

Questions to consider

  • Who influences your view on major industries?
  • Is reliance on government the only protection?

Another view

The quote attributes all resentment to a specific political media group.

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