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/-seabass 8h ago

Republicans donate to charity more than democrats.

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u/No-Carrot4267 7h ago

Ah, so they're donating to churches.

Btw have you seen that social experiment where churches denied baby formula to that single mother?

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u/-seabass 4h ago

Yes and what do you think the churches do with the money? All over the country, they give away free groceries and hot meals to hungry and poor people, and they also provide free resources and treatment for people living on the street trying to beat their drug addiction. The reason you want to say donations to churches don’t count is because of your political bias and your self-image as a nice kind selfless person who is on the same team as all the other compassionate liberals, unlike those evil meanie selfish republicans.

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u/speeder-wasp 8h ago

Bullshit

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u/Creepy_Shakespeare 8h ago

Do some research. I’m not a conservative but this is the one thing I will give them. They definitely win when it comes to charities

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u/Pretend-Stay-1460 6h ago

Posted this elsewhere, but actually they do not. In fact, conservatives and those who attend church are much less likely to give to actual charities.

https://histphil.org/2026/01/13/rethinking-who-really-cares-liberals-conservatives-and-the-simple-act-of-charity/

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u/Creepy_Shakespeare 6h ago

Did you even read your own source? It states in fact that conservatives do give more to charities

Despite being an atheist myself, I do occasionally volunteer and churches make up a huge portion of the soup kitchens, food banks, clothing closets, and resource centers in my metro area

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u/Pretend-Stay-1460 6h ago

*churches LMAO

The study literally concludes with “In sum, what we found in breaking down the donor population by ideology is that liberals are more likely to donate to nonprofits than conservatives.”

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u/speeder-wasp 8h ago

Church fundraisers don’t count

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u/-seabass 8h ago

You know churches use that money to do like food banks and stuff

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u/Creepy_Shakespeare 7h ago

lol the dude blocked me for pointing that out. Man people are soft

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u/Creepy_Shakespeare 8h ago

Nowhere does it say that Church fundraisers make up the majority of their charities but putting that aside for the moment, despite being an atheist myself, I do occasionally volunteer and churches make up a huge portion of the soup kitchens, food banks, clothing closets, and resource centers in my metro area

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u/Ambitious-Badger-114 5h ago

Look at all the hospitals and schools with the word "saint" in them. Who do you think started them?

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u/-seabass 8h ago

Just Google it homie

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u/Minute_Fig_6765 8h ago

Democrats are always looking for handouts.

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u/Pretend-Stay-1460 5h ago

Agreed! I prefer my hard earned money go to billionaires only.

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u/pizzapit 8h ago

Tax write offs dont count

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u/-seabass 8h ago

All charitable donations can be written off.

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u/pizzapit 7h ago

For this purpose a tax write off doesn't mean you gave from the goodness of you heart but for the tax deduction. Doesn't count.

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u/HuntedByAll 7h ago

You do realize that it isn't possible to receive more of a tax deduction than what the charitable donation is right?

Even if I am getting $2 back from the government, that doesn't make my $10 donation any less valuable. You could call it 20% less generous and you would actually be right in that, but 20% less generous is still generous.

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u/-seabass 4h ago

Are you like 14 years old? Have you ever had a job or paid taxes? “Giving for the tax deduction” isn’t a thing. If you make a donation and write it off, you still end up with less money than if you kept the money and paid the tax on it. Because in order to not pay the tax on that money, i.e. write it off, you have to give it away.

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u/happytobeaheathen 8h ago

Says who?

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u/-seabass 8h ago

Just Google it homie

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u/Creepy_Shakespeare 8h ago

It’s absolutely true

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u/Connect_Name3362 8h ago

All the ultra wealthy are Republicans because this party is all about preserving their privileges and never taxing them. They have more than they can spend in several lifetimes. Of course they're using some of it to curry favours and get good PR through donations, especially to their churches they can be fanatical about.