any of you guys curious how underclass behavior develops among

[Person Man]

I hope this doesn't sound condescending but psychosocial health impairments are a pretty big factor in downward mobility. This is my mother, a reservation school principal, talking.

Another guess is  that he's very conservative because he is trying to socially tread water by pushing the water down.  Like opebo said, many other black sheep are very liberal and that's probably because they take responsibility for their failing (unlike those that are very conservative) but will not take the responsibility for repairing their lives. I think its random how people respond. My ex comes to mind.

[Person Man]

I hope this doesn't sound condescending but psychosocial health impairments are a pretty big factor in downward mobility. This is my mother, a reservation school principal, talking.

But isn't that just a convenient 'medicalization' of rejection of a lifestyle and system that is in fact of dubious desirability?  In other words: if you don't accept the validity of the servile work ethic, you are 'mad'.

Well, it isn't really about that as it is that you live a lot worse than the rest of your family does. There's tons of weirdos that live far better than their folks...but what works? What doesn't work?...regardless of what others think.