It’s an old con that has worked for far longer than we’ve been alive. It’s just a quirk in us humans, that we can be distracted from the politicians, corporatio

It’s an old con that has worked for far longer than we’ve been alive. It’s just a quirk in us humans, that we can be distracted from the politicians, corporations, and billionaires, by the idea that some poor folks might get a cent they didn’t earn through hard work. It’s amplified by puritanical notions of hard work, and the fear that poor people will just spend it all on crap. Never mind the evidence to the contrary, and the “waste” which represents a rounding error against the price of a couple of Middle Eastern wars we can’t win.