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You mean the institutions like social security?

• elzbardico 2y ago
  You probably know very well what I am speaking about, and your attitude is a example of how we are losing the vast masses for non-democratic projects that will end up being worse for them than for us. We should get rid of our condescending attitudes and really try to see things from other's perspective. And on the other side, unless I am talking to an anonymous Peter Thiel, Musk ou Zuckerberg, it is not like we are truly part of the same elite the downtroden see with some much contempt.
  • whatshisface 2y ago
    Nobody is offering to transfer funding from NASA to Medicare. I just don't think this hypothesis matches up with the things we're observing.
  • SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
    I genuinely don't know what you're speaking about. I agree that trying to see things from another's perspective is important, but when I listen to Trump supporters explain their views they don't say the things you're saying. You describe Musk as part of an elite the downtrodden see with much contempt, but Trump campaigned on an explicit promise to empower Musk, and he's now one of the many billionaires with influential roles in the US government. The most common explanation I hear from Trump supporters is that they wanted an immigration crackdown and he's by far the most anti-immigration candidate available. If it were a matter of people with nothing to lose not caring about American institutions, wouldn't we expect to see lower income voters heavily leaning one way?