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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 month ago (27 children)

A liberal would feed 100 people on the off chance one needed food. A conservative would deny 100 people food on the off chance one didn’t deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Liberals are clearly the lesser evil, but sadly both get into bed with lobbyists and capitalists that created the housing and food shortage in the first place. Liberals just want slightly less evil capitalism while conservatives want aggressively more evil capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

But by wanting a less evil capitalism they get accused of being communists etc...

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (7 children)

And surprisingly the most religious people tend to vote for the elephant...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

This isn’t surprising at all, if you look at their rhetoric.

They need the world to self-destruct so Jesus will come back and give them their paradise. Nearly all Christian sects are doomsday cults, because Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher.

Nuclear war? Good, that brings Jesus back. Climate apocalypse? Awesome, because Jesus will come back, as prophesied. Israel implodes? Best case scenario, because this is exactly how Jesus comes back.

They want all of us to burn for the sake of their doomsday fantasies.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I saw an interesting video a few days ago that touched on this. It proposes that most liberals think of problems and how to solve them. Teenage pregnancy is up? How do we increase sex education and access to contraception?

Where most conservatives think of problems and how to punish the people that cause them. Mostly stemming from the idea that living a just and moral life - like they do - means you won't have those problems, so it's your own fault if you do. Teenage pregnancy is up? Quit being a slut and instead raise this baby that was a result of your own slutty behavior.

I've been looking at things through this lense the past few days and see this way of thinking popping up over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

As a former conservative, the "fuck them they deserve it" attitude is very accurate. Sometimes they shun each other over that stuff too. Other times they compartmentalize. Depends on how much they like that person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

watch the entire series, it's pretty good, and unfortunately still relevant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

of course, gives them an excuse to hate, it's not them hating you, it's gawd!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah this is biased. The Democrats are only like 20% good, Republicans are 1% good.

Remember folks if you have the option of voting for 99% Hitler or 100% Hitler, vote for 99% Hitler.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You lost me with the 2nd paragraph. There is no world in which I would vote for 99% Hitler. Any system that only gives you a choice between 90% Hitler and 100% Hitler shouldn't exist. At that point my vote would be to burn it down and create something better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If you actually burn it down then fine. If you vote 3rd party then you're enabling 100% Hitler.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Dick Cheney, is that you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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