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/TheRandomestPerson33 4h ago

I believe in character and merit. If you work hard and make the right choices then you will earn what you deserve. High paying jobs require education, hard skills, and soft skills that not everyone wants to work for. The people who complain about people earning more than them have never worked in these stressful positions.

Using myself as an example. I am in my low 30s, have 2 undergraduate degrees, and a masters degree. I work remotely in tech leadership (director level) from a LCOL/MCOL area earning ~$260k. I consistently accept opportunities to network and present at various conferences. I put in the work academically, grew my hard skills to move up IC positions, grew my soft skills to move up leadership positions, and continually build a network to rely on for future opportunities. This all takes tremendous effort that many are not willing to put in but then complain about people like myself earning too much money.

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u/ibugppl 4h ago

It's not so much that you earn too much it's important jobs that keep society moving don't earn enough to even survive.

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u/TheRandomestPerson33 4h ago

I agree with this point. Not where I was trying to go with my comment, but there are certainly important positions in society that do not earn what they're worth.