r/askanything • u/SignificantCrow • 5h 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/LazyCatRocks 5h ago

Not any more selfish than Democrats. Everyone is pursuing their own interests.

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u/AnymooseProphet 5h ago

Capitalism is inherently selfish. That's why the love of money is described as being at the root of all sorts of evil, not just at the root of conservative evil.

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u/Ch1Guy 5h ago

Humans are inherently selfish.... which is part of the reason so many systems fail even with good intentions