Chrkeller said:
Lucca said:
If you, personally, not needing social safety nets is a reason for you to think they're useless, then yeah, you're right-wing. It also makes me think you're a horrible person. You know, as a society, we're kind of supposed to care for everyone living in that society, not just ourselves. I think that wild individualism is the real driver of right-wing politics. You can make someone destroy everyone around them if you convince them that they will personally benefit from it. I'd rather live somewhere with no billionaires but a solid safety net than somewhere where billionaires thrive but people need to choose between going into crippling debt to get an education or live their entire lives struggling to pay for their next meal. If you've been convinced that you should give up on every right as a citizen and as a worker for the tending-towards-zero chance of becoming a billionaire, then you're as naïve as anyone. |
You can think I'm a "horrible person" all day long. I don't much care what strangers think of me. And there is where right and left diverge. Is isn't my responsibility to pay for someone else's family. My family is my responsibility, which I take off. Nobody pays for my family, I do. I've already put four people through college. I should pay for a 5th because reasons. No thanks. I believe in personal responsibility. Edit Also you want to talk about "naive." There is a massive wide space between struggling to buy food and being worth billions. I mean, lol. Get serious. |
There are more Republicans than Democrats that use medicaid and other social safety nets. I've seen a lot of republican voters that have asked for money on go fund me for various Cancers or accidents where their insurance and or social safety nets failed them.
