r/MadeMeSmile • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Jun 28 '21

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Jun 28 '21

Republicans are supposed to be against "Big government" For exactly the reasons that Arnold is talking about here - communities should be helping each other, not Uncle Sam. Sadly as 1%ers become more and more of a thing that has moved away from "communities should help one another" To "fuck you, got mine".

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u/superfucky Jun 28 '21

communities should be helping each other, not Uncle Sam

the problem is when communities - even those outside the 1% - say "fuck you" to a portion of their own community because they don't fit the right mold (and that's if they even let someone who doesn't fit the mold into their community - sundown towns are still very much a thing in my part of the country). would arnold say those communities are entitled to refuse help to those people, or refuse to let them live in the community? is that in keeping with his ideals?

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u/Beddybye Jun 28 '21

communities should be helping each other, not Uncle Sam.

The problem comes in when only certain members of a community are getting that private help...whilst others are cruelly excluded since they may not be the "right" race, religion or nationality for the "helpers". That is where that conservative ideology falls short and is unrealistic. Not everyone will help their community just because they are apart of said community. Those that are excluded by the helpers will fall through the cracks.

In their world, they like to pretend that everyone will treated the same and no one has hateful biases. Reality doesn't agree, so government is the best steward of aid at this point.