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/No-Carrot4267 8h ago

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

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u/TheRandomestPerson33 8h ago

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.

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u/Aspectdude09 8h ago

Im staring to think that you’re all nepo.

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u/AndrewAdler17 7h ago

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.

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u/TheRandomestPerson33 7h ago

I already stated middle class, but you'd prefer to find any excuse to belittle the work I've done to get to get to where I am. This is a loser mentality.

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u/AndrewAdler17 6h ago

No one is belittling the work you’ve done! They’re saying “Good for you, it doesn’t always work out for everyone. Society shouldn’t be geared around the assumption that everyone can achieve what you have”. That’s it, no one is trying to put you down based on your accomplishments.

You come off like a rich kid whose dad owns the car dealership who gets mad that he has to pay taxes to help the janitor afford food stamps. That’s how you’re coming off in your comments.

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u/TheRandomestPerson33 5h ago

Crabs in a bucket

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u/AndrewAdler17 5h ago

….That’s exactly what the kid who owns the dealership would say. No one is mad about your success, they’re mad about your attitude towards your fellow man.

I’d maximize contributions to my IRA were I you, you’re going to need it.