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Turns out all that happened was the rich benefitted and the poor suffered. Who'da thought?
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this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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And plenty of people will continue to vote against their own interests, and the rest of us will be blamed for not compelling them to do literally anything that would actually help themselves out.
When you take white supremacy into account, many of those people are voting FOR one of their primary self interests.
One could and should argue that irrational racism is never in anyone's actual self interest, even if they've convinced themselves it feels good.
That seems like saying doing crack is in the crackhead's self interest because the want to, but we all know the detriments substantially outweigh the momentarily benefit.
One of my main hobbies that I do with a group of 30ish guys most weekends, is filled with guys who just refuse to understand this. They're all blue collar and refuse to realize they're voting against their own interests.