Many people don't vote their interests. They vote their identity and values. Rational self-interest is an assumption that enlightenment liberals and market fun

Many people don't vote their interests. They vote their identity and values. Rational self-interest is an assumption that enlightenment liberals and market fundamentalists alike have overplayed. It has its applications, and it may even be a somewhat valid assumption for individuals carefully looking at the terms of an economic deal they have make-or-break decision making power over. For collective civil action, my guess is its influence is somewhere between minimal and a wash.