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/ElectricalPublic1304 4h ago

Capitalism is an abstract idea. It cannot be selfish.

Capitalism observes that people act in their self-interest. And that government officials do that too--and they mix their political power with economic issue. Using the former to control the latter, usually to direct benefits to themselves, at the expense of the people. And Capitalism says they ought not do that.

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u/No-Carrot4267 3h ago

We should go back to slavery. It's the most profitable business model under capitalism