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I'm as far out left as they come, but I cringe at this "voting against their interests" argument. There are millions voting against their (economic) interests w
by matt4077 10y ago
I'm as far out left as they come, but I cringe at this "voting against their interests" argument. There are millions voting against their (economic) interests when they vote democratic as well.
- refurb 10y agoThank you. I find the "don't you know you're voting against your own interests" a pretty arrogant argument. How do you know they are voting against their interests?
- cooper12 10y agoDid you read the article I linked? That's how I know.
- refurb 10y agoThe article is an opinion piece. You know, someone's opinion, not fact. I didn't see anything in that article that was definitive proof that blue collar workers are voting against their own interests. If you give a tax break to the rich, how is that against your own interests? You still have the same money you did before.
- ryandrake 10y ago> If you give a tax break to the rich, how is that against your own interests? You still have the same money you did before. If everyone around me gets wealthier and I stay the same, I'm worse off economically, because all that new wealth affects the price of everything. Look at what happens to prices when an area becomes gentrified.
- cooper12 10y agoI never said anything about it happening in one party only, it was just a singular example, so that's just presumption on your part.
- matt4077 10y agoIt seems like > identify more with the upper class rather than their own class and voting against their own interests. points pretty clearly at conservative blue-collar workers voting for republicans, no? Although I guess if someone were to actually believe that raising the minimum wage or curtailing payday loans is bad for the working class, then possibly...with enough bending...and some trickle-down, you could come to the opposite conclusion, yes.