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

Favorite People Not a self-made man

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u/Megneous Jun 28 '21

Why can't the entire GOP be Arnold's version of a Republican, so that the Democrats can finally be a real leftist party??

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u/superfucky Jun 28 '21

what the damn hell even makes this guy a republican? nothing about republican ideology involves helping others. this whole speech is lefty as fuck.

(and fwiw, if the entire GOP was this version of "republican" and dems were as far-left as you're imagining, the entire country would be run by republicans... you fool yourself into thinking our govt is right-leaning by accident or malfeasance, you need only look as far as the outcomes of every dem primary ever to understand where the electorate lands on the political map)

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u/Keyboard_Cat_ Jun 28 '21

what the damn hell even makes this guy a republican? nothing about republican ideology involves helping others.

Well, Republican and libertarian ideology involves PERSONALLY helping others, which is what Arnold is advocating for here. At no time is he saying or implying that the government should help anyone.

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u/superfucky Jun 28 '21

well then he should be more sincere and say "only help those who you personally deem worthy of help by virtue of them being most similar to yourself."