r/askanything • u/SignificantCrow • 9h ago

Political Question Are Republicans inherently selfish?

Not referring to every individual obviously but as a whole, compared to democrats/independents they seem to really only care about themselves or their immediate family and pretty much have a “f**k em” attitude towards literally everyone else. Does anyone else feel this way?

This would explain why so many are against social policies but have no issue dumping much more money into the military instead, for example.

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u/Beauvoir_R 9h ago

I push back on the inherent part. I think cultural influences are at play. But if you live in a culture where people behave selfishly, you learn to behave the same way and see it as being inherent to people in general. Once you see everyone as selfish, it becomes easy to follow the logic that says you have to keep being selfish, or else all the other selfish people will take advantage of you. It's why Ayn Rand is so popular amongst the political right.