Framing a land dispute as elite privilege versus common masses can win public sympathy

Evidence

The second was the fact that it was possible to paint the issue, as Moses had already done, not only as park supporters vs. park deniers, but also as wealth vs. lack of wealth, privilege vs. impotence, influence vs. helplessness, “rich golfers” vs. the sweating masses of the cities. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 843

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Who merits public sympathy is politically determined rather than natural — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 813; Sympathy is regulated indirectly by defining acceptable public feeling; State land redistribution rhetoric can be weaponized selectively against different racial targets — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 31

Broader Connections

• Who merits public sympathy is politically determined rather than natural #expands (0.82) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 813
• Sympathy is regulated indirectly by defining acceptable public feeling #expands (0.78)