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If someone continuously keeps getting tricked into voting against their own self-interests, with the belief that their vote will actually benefit them, then yes
by enraged_camel 10y ago
If someone continuously keeps getting tricked into voting against their own self-interests, with the belief that their vote will actually benefit them, then yes, they absolutely deserve contempt.
As the saying goes: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." A large part of the American populace has been getting fooled repeatedly for decades.
- mindcrime 10y agoIf someone continuously keeps getting tricked into voting against their own self-interests It has not been established that they are voting against their own self-interests. You are just assuming you know what their interests are better than they do.