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> Politics in america is like entering an inverted world in which some weird internal drive actively makes people vote against their own personal interests. No
by bigstrat2003 1y ago
> Politics in america is like entering an inverted world in which some weird internal drive actively makes people vote against their own personal interests.
Nobody willingly does this. If you think they are, that should be a strong sign to you that those people and you disagree about what their best interests are, and you should seriously consider the possibility that they are right and you are wrong. You might not be wrong, but jumping to "they are voting against their own interests because they are dumb" as many do is both unhelpful and untrue.
- voidhorse 1y agoI never said they were dumb. It is entirely possible to be smart about a lot of things and to still vote against your own material interests because you have either been manipulated or harbor ideology. Not to mention, most people are fed partial information when it comes to voting on policy decisions. The NYC mayoral election itself is a great example, it's difficult to find any meaningful information on ballot proposals beyond the one paragraph snippet they give you, and any other information on them is usually spun by people who want you to vote for/against.