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/zedkyuu 8h ago

I think everyone has a bit of inbuilt selfishness in the sense that there is no true altruism; even someone who acts purely altruistically is doing so because it’s a philosophy they agree with, and in that sense, it is satisfying an internal need of theirs.

Now, the real question to me is if everyone can admit that they are selfish to a degree. It seems to me the loudest and the noisiest can’t. At least not publicly.