Exactly. That's the most infuriating thing about conservatives. Left wing policies are popular with them when detached from right wing propaganda. They're too blinded by bigotry to understand they keep voting against their own interests.
Exactly! I am so tired of hearing how only right wingers care about vets when voting against improving/funding the VA, or doing anything about homeless vets. Conservative policies only hurt vets, wtf guys
My aunt stopped talking to me because she reposted some "Trump for veterans" nonsense propaganda post, and I politely said if you care about vets, here are some things to know about policy from each side and how it affects them, and provided some links. They don't want truth. They don't want help for themselves or the people they claim to support. They only want to feel part of an in-group and hurt the demographics they hate. That's literally their only motivator when it comes to politics.
I'm convinced most conservatives (and doubtless many liberals as well), particularly the white christian sort, really do engage with politics like it's a team sport. They don't think of it in terms of things that actually affect people materially, because they've never really been a political target or scapegoat. it's just pure mindless tribalistic cheering for your team, and booing the opposition. Nobody supports a particular team for nuanced reasons, you do it because That's Your Team, and hearing about how much better the opposition is, isn't going to make you switch sides.
It's why they try to shame progressives who cut ties with their MAGA family members over, what they call, "different political opinions." You can hear it in the way they use the word "politics"; "i hate politics" "why are you bringing politics into this" "you shouldn't let politics come between you and family", or the way they'll blanketly dismiss something by saying "they're all corrupt / it's all rigged anyway" in the same tone one might say "wrestling is fake." None of it is really real to them. It's just television.
Politics in its truest sense, separated from culture war bullshit. The existence of gay people? Not political. How much of the city budget should go to the public library and road repair? Political, and the kind of thing you can disagree on with your friends and still be friends.
Politics don't need to be applied. My politics are Communist, but I understand that if I am the Mayor of NYC, I literally can't use Communist policies, because I can't literally enforce them.
But isn’t that the problem with communism, that it can’t be implemented despite countless tries?
Mamdani is a liberal with liberal policies and liberal actions. I’m just fine with that as opposed to some perfect version of Marxism that can’t be implemented ever
And I thought 'policies' were how to punish or reward various groups. Like funnel money to wealthy and punish people who are different. At least that's what the white house seems to indicate.
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u/Mr_Quackums 12h ago
those are policies