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My government job is cool, because I do work and stuff. Other people, of course, suck at the government teat, and drive welfare Cadillacs to the welfare office
by theorique 13y ago
My government job is cool, because I do work and stuff.
Other people, of course, suck at the government teat, and drive welfare Cadillacs to the welfare office to pick up their food stamps and welfare check to pay for their 15 kids by different fathers.
In other words, if you do it, it's wrong and you need to change. If I do it, it's because you just don't understand.
(Edit: Do we need an irony tag? This is a humorous comment meant to illustrate one kind of mindset that exists with some of the people who hold 'eliminate all the government' kind of views.)
- astrodust 13y agoIf only it was actually humorous...
- theorique 13y agoouch ...
- mattgibson 13y agoThis is called the fundamental attribution error: If I do it, I know the circumstances so it's understandable, whereas if you do it, the circumstances are unclear so I blame your (assumed to be unpleasant) personality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error
- theorique 13y agoThanks, I hadn't known there was a psychological term for it.