U.S. Politics in Real TimeTrump Warns That if Kamala Harris Wins, ‘Everybody Gets Health Care’
Sheila DeBonis@uspolitics Uh... I'm confused how that could be a bad thing? I'm really trying to play devil's advocate for why people may dislike this, but I don't get it. I guess obese people will get GLP-1 agonists covered so he can't make fun of them anymore? Despite the fact he himself is also obese...
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@dee_le_brun mentions why below, but as the article doesn't explain the mechanics I feel I should.
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Conservatives operate on the concept of “deserving”. Dee Le Brun correctly points out that it's about the in-group “real «americans»”. Yet this is broader. It leads also to the “working hard billionaire” mythos. The billionaire deserves the wealth as he has wealth. How he got the wealth? In that >>>
\>>> corner the conservative will answer with “hard work”, “getting up at 6”, or shite de la shite, “avocado toast”.
And with that the rollercoaster can continue with imagining people's flaws.
You're homeless? The conservative thinks you deserved it, or because you're an alcoholic/drug addict/lazy, defining you by those terms.
This has an additional “bonus” of dehumanising the people you talk about, pushing them further into the out-group. >>>
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>>> There are more examples how the concept of “deserving” goes, at least tangentially.
It can be used as a thought terminating cliché or a stating point of terrible ideas.
Thus this concept, I think, is a part of core of the conservative ideology.
So going forward we should learn to recognise and counter such concepts.
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