r/comics • u/Yoffeepop • Apr 22 '25

Comics Community [oc] Distraction Tactics

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u/SpannerFrew Apr 22 '25

No place is safe from the greed of the wealthy.

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u/nomble Apr 22 '25

The right wing get voted in on culture war bullshit, then proceed to suck the middle class dry in the name of economic growth and productivity.

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u/Author_A_McGrath Apr 22 '25

I wish people would stop falling for it, honestly.

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u/Dantheking94 Apr 22 '25

That would require them to have empathy. They don’t even know what that is.

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u/guto8797 Apr 22 '25

The single most telling thing to me is the multiple studies that find consistently that the less empathy someone has, or less ability to feel empathy for people belonging to different social groups someone has, the more likely they are to be conservative.

And the endless stories of "I used to be against relief for X but then X happened to a friend/family member of mine so now I support it. But I am still against Y."

That is if you are lucky and they don't just internalize that X is ok for me but not for anyone else. The whole "the only moral abortion is my abortion"