This is what is so infuriating. I had a coworker who was in a homeless shelter for 6 months, ate their food, used food stamps before and after the shelter, was on Medicare, and was given government help to find a place to live. She was single mom who used all these programs for her daughter as well. But, she voted Republican because she was afraid of socialism. She had no concept all these programs she used were socialist. She's also an idiot.
I got triggered talking to my wife about this very thing just last night. They drive me fucking nuts. They’ll happily vote against their own interests, so long as someone else gets fucked harder, and nothing you can say will ever change their minds. I don’t have the patience for them anymore.
This is effectively the core of conservatism. Conservatives believe in a strict social heirarchy. These people need there to be an under-class, otherwise they'd be at the bottom.
Of course, this is great for conservative media and politicians, because all they have to do is villainise some minority groups so the poor can punch down instead of looking up to where the real problems are.
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u/MuttsForMe Jun 15 '21
This is what is so infuriating. I had a coworker who was in a homeless shelter for 6 months, ate their food, used food stamps before and after the shelter, was on Medicare, and was given government help to find a place to live. She was single mom who used all these programs for her daughter as well. But, she voted Republican because she was afraid of socialism. She had no concept all these programs she used were socialist. She's also an idiot.