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/JollyRoger66689 9h ago

I am aware that is what OP wanted to know, the comment says people in general are, suggesting that it isn't more true for Republicans. Not sure where you are getting lost

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u/Financial_Molasses67 9h ago

I don’t think the OP is asking about innate characteristics. I think they are more concerned with ideological influences on selfishness, hence making a distinction between republicans and democrats, characteristics that aren’t innate. Yes, everybody is selfish. Now let’s address what OP is really asking

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u/JollyRoger66689 9h ago

The title literally uses the word inherently, asking if the policies are more selfish is different than asking if the people are more selfish. You may disagree with what the comment is suggesting, but it did indeed answer OP's question

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u/Financial_Molasses67 9h ago

Yeah, ok. Some of us aren’t as pedantic as you because it’s really not helpful, hence my initial comment

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u/JollyRoger66689 8h ago

I'm not being pedantic, it's literally what OP was asking.... you being more concerned about other things doesn't change this

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u/Financial_Molasses67 8h ago

For sure. I am the one who brought up Dems and Reps. My bad

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u/JollyRoger66689 8h ago

Not sure if this is sarcasm lol

But to further clarify OP seems to be under the assumption that Republicans as people are just more selfish at their core than dems/independents. The comment suggests no

Asking if the policies are more selfish is entirely a different question

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u/Financial_Molasses67 4h ago

I’m not being sarcastic at all. If OP had brought up political parties or ideology, I’d be right, but you are right because OP clearly just wants to understand whether humans have a biological basis for selfishness. My bad