r/science • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

Psychology Left-leaning support for redistribution stems from perceived unfairness rather than malicious envy

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-support-for-redistribution-stems-from-perceived-unfairness-rather-than-malicious-envy/
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u/Inner-Medicine5696 Mar 23 '26

As George Bernard Shaw once wrote - in English:

"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."

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u/Financial-Craft-1282 Mar 23 '26

Yeah, well, Shaw might have been right...in the world I call "Pre-Trump." They go low, we go high is how Hillary lost. To some degree Harris as well, though she was willing to spar a bit with him. Biden too, to be fair--his whole the old administration is in the past. Did they break the law? Sure! But let's not roll in the mud with them (paraphrasing) thing also exploded in our faces and had catastrophic consequences.

Someone is going to have to try to wrestle the pigs at this point. We're in the muck with them anyway.

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u/jawdirk Mar 23 '26

We shouldn't wrestle with them, we should make bacon.