These people have known hardship, and what all of this will mean and feel like when it will soon come to them.
“Rules for theee, but not for meee”
It will impact them, but they’ll blame everyone else first, and Trump second.
Believe it or not, some of the people cheering him on actually just like chaos and violence and don’t have any deeper politics.
This seems like a slur.
I do not believe you. I believe that it shows that the elections were not true to the opinions of the people.
That’s a very naive view of the reality of the U.S. Healthcare system.
They support him for different reasons, and half of those people are unbelievably dumb.
They’re very stupid. Most adults have reading comprehension below a 6th grade level
Most adults think they have a higher than average IQ, too. Quite the coincidence, don’t you think?
People have been taught to fear single payer healthcare. Money equals speech and the health industry has plenty of it. They control the narrative since the rich and powerful have bought up the media companies. They also control our lawmakers with unlimited money via citizens United; putting roadblocks in place for any sort of fundamental reform.
People vote against their interests as a function of a corrupt oligarchy running the show. People are getting played and just don’t know any better / have a limited world-view.
They believe in a free market but also believe the free market is currently corrupt.
It’s like people who believe in monarchy but hate their corrupt baron.
Cognitive dissonance.
Because they don’t realize that it will affect them. They think “this won’t hurt me because I actually need Medicare. I’m going to stick it to all the freeloaders, of which I am not one.”
But just like being in a car, you aren’t stuck in traffic, you are traffic.
Surveys seem to suggest Luigi approval isn’t that high, something like 18% overall and 41% for youth.
Actually, that 41% would be the more questionable vote but then again both parties love insurance companies so there really isn’t a clear way to vote for universal healthcare, lol
Even people who want private healthcare don’t want valid claims denied or price greedflation. They aren’t inherently conflicting stances.
No one is immune to propaganda and the top 1% owns approximately 95% of the media.
The average Joe is too busy living their life to try to understand anything beyond the basics.
Some of us do seem to be immune to the propaganda, though. I’ve heard so much anti-union propaganda. I’ve heard so much anti-Socialist rhetoric, anti-woke bullshit, etc. I was educated and employed in a red state.
Yet, here I am telling you that Socialism is the truth. Unions are awesome. I support just about any marginalized groups rights. Many of my friends and family feel the same even though they were educated and indoctrinated in the same system.
There is a lot more to it than just propaganda. I would say that tribalism plays a larger role. When someone is born into a conservative family, surrounded by conservative citizens, it becomes a lot easier to just agree with the status quo in the area to fit in. I can tell you, from my experience, that I was not very popular in school, due to being a dirty leftist with empathy.
I will say that my immediate family is not religious, not conservative, and they are very open minded, loving and empathetic people. This is probably the main reason I was immune to the propaganda.
The first step to falling for the propaganda is believing that you’re immune to the propaganda.
Fair point. I guess I’m not immune. I was protected from that kind of propaganda by the armor of wise and empathetic family members, and their ability to educate and lead by example.
Yes, I was a little curt in my reply, had a bad day, I’m sorry. I’m happy for you and your family. :)
Empathy < 0
Well a lot of reasons but most importantly most people don’t support Luigi, you all are just living in an echo chamber.
My parents hate the insurance companies. But they’ve been convinced by the right wing that the government would handle things worse.
Which is stupid because the government already provides the majority of healthcare in this country and is doing it quite well. Medicare has a 90+% approval rate from the people who use it and it is far more efficient than private insurance.
I agree.
They’re ON Medicare
My wife explains it like this:
Racism.
White voters will cut off their own nose before granting health care to black and brown people.
Once upon a time I’d believe that was all it is/was. I’m convinced now it’s more of an uninformed voter thing. “My dad/family/church/friend votes republican and he’s a good guy. Besides Fox says if the demoncrats win they’ll destroy everything I care about. Sure there’s talk about racism/sexism/etc but I don’t personally see it or have a problem with minorities, LGBTQ, or women, it’s probably just political mudslinging. There’s no way the people I love would support them if they really said those things.”
