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[-] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 65 points 10 months ago

I've been doing that for years. I've been claiming to be a conservative and supporting things like universal healthcare. I even give it capitalist flair by saying that ensuring everyone has more money means I can then take that money by selling them shit they don't need. How the hell am I supposed to sell my useless crap if everyone's spending their money on rent?!

Ditto with stuff like housing the unhoused. I don't want filthy drug addicts strewn about the streets taking up my park benches and constantly asking me for 'bus money'! Get them houses so I don't have to see them anymore! Also god I hate kids, especially when they're just hanging around on the street being annoying and intimidating. Build some youth centres so they have somewhere to go and get them away from me!

Altruism through selfishness etc etc etc.

[-] rosco385@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago

Conservatives should be the biggest supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community due to their record low use of abortion services.

[-] kerntucky@infosec.pub 20 points 10 months ago

It was never about being "pro life" with them, it was always about control over women's bodies. The pro life thing is just an excuse. If you need proof then look at how they treat people after they're no longer in utero.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

i'd argue "control" is not a good in itself; who would seek that?

i've assumed these "pro-lifers" are actually trying to increase the birth-rate in a perverse desire to feed more wage-slaves to the capitalist machine.

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

If only they had coherent thoughts.

[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Yup, some people can only think in selfish terms so making your argument from that perspective will make it more attractive

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago

Universal healthcare is good, naturally, because it would reduce payroll expenses for businesses, letting them create more jobs, and be more competitive in the global market with lower prices. Universal healthcare is how we bring manufacturing back to the United States.

[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You are on to something there, my friend.

[-] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

All that lowers crime, too. And a better educated population is a more proficient workforce, who can build more impressive stuff, do better science, and better cure and treat the diseases you or your family might eventually suffer from.

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