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View submission: Just drove past this American allegory
Amazing how so many poor people vote for the party that supports the wealthy.
Comment by DSBex at 11/03/2025 at 19:58 UTC
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Blows my mind -- but political indoctrination is a pretty powerful thing too.
Comment by GTAMuppet at 11/03/2025 at 20:28 UTC
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It’s because of a perceived “zero sum game”. Explained perfectly in The Sum of Us.
Comment by 06_TBSS at 12/03/2025 at 13:59 UTC
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It's called decades of extremely effective propaganda and messaging. They tell these folks that Democrats will keep them poor, take their money, and force them to rely on benefits. The irony being, of course, is that red states/areas are typically the poorest and most dependent on welfare. If you lie enough, people believe it. They'll never realize that they're punching themselves in the nuts as long as they're being told to blame others.
Comment by The-D-Ball at 12/03/2025 at 20:11 UTC
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As trump has said many times, and is also the motto of the Republican Party…. “I love the uneducated”.