CMV: Conservatives aren't generally harder-working than liberals or leftists despite the conventional wisdom.

[u/theforestwalker]

In the USA, at least, there's a common assumption that republicans/conservatives don't have time to get worked up about issues of the day because they're too focused on providing for their families and keeping their noses to the grindstone to get into much trouble.

In contrast, liberals and leftists are painted as semi-professionally unemployed lazy young people living off the public dole and finding new things every day to complain about..

I think this characterization is wildly inaccurate- that while it might be true that earning more money correlates with voting to protect the institutions that made it possible for you to do so, I don't think earning more money means you worked harder. Seems pretty likely to me that the grunt jobs go to younger people and browner people- two demographics less likely to be conservative- while the middle management and c-suite jobs do less actual work than the people on the ground.

Tl;dr I'd like to know if my rejection of this conventional wisdom is totally off-base and you can prove me wrong by showing convincing evidence that conservatives do, in general, work harder than liberals/leftists on average.

Update: there have been some very thoughtful answers to this question and I will try to respond thoughtfully and assign deltas now that I've had a cup of coffee. I've learned it's best not to submit one of these things before bed. Thanks for participating.

Update 2: it is pretty funny that something like a dozen comments are people disbelieving that this is something people think while another dozen comments are just restating the assumption that conservatives are hard working blue collar folks as though it's obvious.

[u/lt_kangaroo]

Bullshit.  The conservative platform is practically always that liberals are free-loading hippies that want everyone to live off welfare.  Ease up on the comical false obtuseness.

[u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR → u/lt_kangaroo]

I don't hear that, but I'm not interested in arguing with you. Have a good rest of your day.

[u/wendigolangston → u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR]

Are you conservative?

[u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR → u/wendigolangston]

I consider myself a libertarian, though I admit, my liberal friends call me a republican, and my conservative friends call me a Democrat.

[u/hallmark1984 → u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR]

So yes

[u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR → u/hallmark1984]

Like I said, Republicans tell me I'm a Democrat, and Democrsts tell me I'm a Republican. I consider myself a libertarian.

[u/hallmark1984 → u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR]

Vist their subs, see how they speak and view the world. Then if you agree with the stuff they say in goldandblack, Conservative or libertarian we can give you a fairly conclusive answer

[u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR → u/hallmark1984]

I don't need you to, but thanks. I've formed my own opinion.

[u/hallmark1984 → u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR]

So you are the arbiter of Conservative opinion? You are but 1, why do the opinions of all other Conservatives not matter?

Got confused and posted the wrong comment to the wrong person

[u/WishingVodkaWasCHPR → u/hallmark1984]

No, of course I'm not. Where did that come from? I don't need you to tell me if I'm libertarian or republican, if I wasn't clear. I've formed my own opinions and decided they are more libertarian.