Are Republicans inherently selfish?

[u/SignificantCrow]

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.

[u/No-Carrot4267]

Did you grow up poor?

[u/TheRandomestPerson33 → u/No-Carrot4267]

I can see where this is question is going and I don't believe it's relevant to my comment. I laid out all of the work I've done to get to where I am today, and this question undermines that work as simply "well you weren't poor so I'll disregard".

That said, my background is middle class. My undergraduate degrees were funded by academic scholarships and myself. My graduate degree was funded by my company at the time.

[u/No-Carrot4267 → u/TheRandomestPerson33]

I'm not diminishing your merits. I'm diminishing the fact that you seem to think you know the difficulties of a low income childhood vs a middle class one.

[u/TheRandomestPerson33 → u/No-Carrot4267]

This is the response I was expecting by answering that leading question.

[u/No-Carrot4267 → u/TheRandomestPerson33]

It's relevant because not everybody has the same opportunities of a good childhood foundation.

You were provided a better space to foster soft skills like charisma from nurture and environment. A safety net to continue your early education. Etc

I'm not saying every poor person hasn't reached success. It's that the hoop they have to jump through is a lot smaller

If effort is all it takes then a single mom working two jobs would be fine. The reality is they're not

[u/TheRandomestPerson33 → u/No-Carrot4267]

This misses where I mentioned "making the right choices". The single mother working 2 jobs example clearly didn't make those right choices of selecting a good partner, not getting pregnant, getting an education for a higher paying job, etc. Just as someone who grew up wealthy can make the choice to get into drugs and overdose. Life is full of choices.

[u/No-Carrot4267 → u/TheRandomestPerson33]

The choices do not have the same weight. A wealthy individual has a safety net if they make bad choices. Celebrities go into rehab all the time, rich people can afford therapy and medicine to repair their bodies to continue grinding towards success

If half of Americans are one paycheck away from homelessness then it's not a choice of when they get sick or something that stops them from working.

Bad partnership is not the only reason single mothers happen. Husbands can die, people can change their mind suddenly overnight.

An education is not a guaranteed to success.

If you keep dismissing hardship as laziness then someone can easily dismiss your success as luck

[u/TheRandomestPerson33 → u/No-Carrot4267]

I can understand your points, sure. I'll still agree to disagree on various examples because "life is full of choices". Appreciate the conversation with different viewpoints.

[u/Aspectdude09 → u/TheRandomestPerson33]

Im staring to think that you’re all nepo.

[u/TheRandomestPerson33 → u/Aspectdude09]

You're welcome to whatever opinion you'd like. That said, you're calling names over a dissenting opinion. Says a lot about your character.

[u/AndrewAdler17 → u/Aspectdude09]

They usually are, it’s why he wouldn’t answer the question of how he grew up. The successful people who’ve been through things in life end up a liberal of some sort because they understand “Damn, I got lucky, there were 1,000 things that could’ve gone wrong but thank God I made it”. People like this think it is inherent to their being.