Why are ultra-wealthy people who feel uneasy about the security of their riches so often driven to support authoritarian parties that wield xenophobia and cultural reaction against those who defend the integrity of the state against the ultra-wealthy? Such a mystery.
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Mystery solved.
Along with pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.
People who wrote this stuff down weren’t stupid.
stupid people vote, and ignorant people vote, and bigoted people vote.
And tens of millions can’t be bothered to vote.
The U.S. Republic may not be dead yet, but it is apparently comatose. ☹️😢
Plenty of billionaires support the other side too. The Democrats are hardly defending the world against rich people. They just say they are.
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As people become wealthy morality goes away very quickly.
Of course this is a generalization, but an important one
What drew you as a young man to seek the favours of xenophobic reactionaries?
Thanks in advance for your insights.
You tell us.
-people born to wealth tend to miss the childhood lessons on reciprocal altruism
-capitalism rewards anti-social traits
-class structures ossify unless confronted
-narratives like religion or meritocracy obfuscate the obvious
etc etc
i think that would send a very effective message, and provoke another excellent conversation
Most of the ultra-wealthy people go with the flow… like the majority of the poor and the majority of the „median“ people
It's called "Feudalism"...
https://youtu.be/o44H3xhqOv4
The answer : "Because the voters are stupid, ignorant and malicious".