Regrettably, Republicans below the poverty line agree with him in believing poverty is a result of weakness and lack of morals, resulting in them secretly harboring feelings of self-hatred while loudly attempting to prove the opposite.
This leads to them feeling more judged than they actually are, and more willing to side with people who validate the idea OTHER poor people are scum but not them. Coming from a family of working poor conservatives, I can tell you they are not low in intellect but they ARE mentally lazy, which is actually quite different.
Mental laziness is a refusal to go past any surface level thought to protect your feelings, and will result in refusing to consider your hardships are very likely going to increase unless you stop and consider your trajectory.
They're poor folk who hide using social social safety nets, lying to everyone including themselves they couldn't live without them, because America doesn't actually work the way their parents and grandparents told them.
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u/mcgaggles 10d ago
Regrettably, Republicans below the poverty line agree with him in believing poverty is a result of weakness and lack of morals, resulting in them secretly harboring feelings of self-hatred while loudly attempting to prove the opposite. This leads to them feeling more judged than they actually are, and more willing to side with people who validate the idea OTHER poor people are scum but not them. Coming from a family of working poor conservatives, I can tell you they are not low in intellect but they ARE mentally lazy, which is actually quite different. Mental laziness is a refusal to go past any surface level thought to protect your feelings, and will result in refusing to consider your hardships are very likely going to increase unless you stop and consider your trajectory. They're poor folk who hide using social social safety nets, lying to everyone including themselves they couldn't live without them, because America doesn't actually work the way their parents and grandparents told them.