Having spoken with a few of those people it essientially boils down to the fact that they believe that there aren’t enough resourses for everyone and if we try to make things more equal then the whole system will come crashing down. So some people are just going to have to suffer so that everyone else can have an acceptable quality of life. Essentially they just fully bought in to capitalisms manufactured scarcity and based their worldview on it.
I think that even beyond this, they have a really skewed perspective on how big the problem is. A lot of outrage politics and outrage “news” revolves around playing up a problem as a YUGE PROBLEM, so people get worked up over something that’s a rounding error or something with significant benefits outweighing cost
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People are just going to have to suffer because USAID spent so much money in other countries, and it’s mostly corruption and doesn’t benefit anyone I know. We can’t afford it.
A trillion dollar increase in debt by tax cut that only affects the wealthy? Of course we need to do that. I pay taxes, and it doesn’t increase how much the government spends
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Having spoken with a few of those people it essientially boils down to the fact that they believe that there aren’t enough resourses for everyone and if we try to make things more equal then the whole system will come crashing down. So some people are just going to have to suffer so that everyone else can have an acceptable quality of life. Essentially they just fully bought in to capitalisms manufactured scarcity and based their worldview on it.
Or they are racist/sexist/transphobic and actively desire to harm people around them.
I think that even beyond this, they have a really skewed perspective on how big the problem is. A lot of outrage politics and outrage “news” revolves around playing up a problem as a YUGE PROBLEM, so people get worked up over something that’s a rounding error or something with significant benefits outweighing cost
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People are just going to have to suffer because USAID spent so much money in other countries, and it’s mostly corruption and doesn’t benefit anyone I know. We can’t afford it.
A trillion dollar increase in debt by tax cut that only affects the wealthy? Of course we need to do that. I pay taxes, and it doesn’t increase how much the government spends /s
What the fuck!? Are you saying transgenders using the wrong bathroom or participating in sports isn’t a YUGE PROBLEM that affects everyone.
The “that man wants to steal your cookie” cartoon made flesh.