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Or maybe people really are being harmed by immigrants, the elites, and economic collapse, and vote for these politicians precisely because they're not as easy t
by lmm 2y ago
Or maybe people really are being harmed by immigrants, the elites, and economic collapse, and vote for these politicians precisely because they're not as easy to manipulate as they used to be.
- beej71 2y agoOne thing I can't figure out here is that none of these are harming me, and yet I didn't believe I'm elite. I live in a 1000-sq-ft standard house, drive a 25-year-old car, and make $98k annually. A relative of mine lives in a house over twice as big with a giant lot worth over a million dollars and considers himself harmed.
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- lmm 2y agoMaybe he has a better idea of what his efforts/talents/luck rightfully merits, and you're just a sucker. Or maybe not, but you can't draw any kind of conclusion about how fairly you've gotten by by just looking at the results.
- beej71 2y agoMaybe. But I guess at the end of the day I'll take being a non-victimized sucker. :)
- beej71 2y agoAnd the more I think about this, it's a really interesting perspective. My friend in the million dollar house probably prefers to be a not sucker victim. Could be a fundamental difference, there.