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⌈ Secret Post #2475 ⌋

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[Supernatural, Watchmen]

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[a case of exploding mangoes (2008 novel)]

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[Brothers in Arms]

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[Transformers: IDW Generation One]

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[Young Guns 2]

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Yes.

Caring about yourself to the expense of everyone else, and the effects that has when voting for governments is the very definition of collective action problems.

If every family wasn't voting against for example taxes so they could afford to pay for private schools, it wouldn't be an issue in the first place.

And I'm sorry that you're so base that you put what matters to you above everyone else. I suggest working on your moral failings.

"Caring about yourself to the expense of everyone else"

That's the thing though, it's NOT just about "yourself." It's about your FAMILY. I don't see why that's so hard for you to comprehend.

"If every family wasn't voting against for example taxes so they could afford to pay for private schools, it wouldn't be an issue in the first place."

lol! Lets just forget about sending our kids to good colleges. No biggie. It's not like where they go could help them get jobs or anything.

"And I'm sorry that you're so base that you put what matters to you above everyone else. I suggest working on your moral failings."

Oh honey, if you ever decide to get off your high horse try looking in a fucking mirror.

But you only value your family above others because of complicated dynamics which essentially boil down to them being an extension of yourself, or at best your tribe. Selfish still aptly describes your behaviour.

The schools point is an excellent example. Most of the best educated kids go to countries with very high tax rates, and per capita plenty of countries with significantly cheaper or free universities have better representation in the top hundred universities worldwide.

Don't get me started on cutting taxes to get more jobs, and how your behaviour contributes to your family landing in a shit show because of capitalist interests.

"But you only value your family above others because of complicated dynamics which essentially boil down to them being an extension of yourself, or at best your tribe."

I stopped reading right there, because quite frankly, I can't deal with any more of this bullshit. Do you even have kids? Because you clearly have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. If you think everyone should care about John Doe as much as they care about their own son or daughter, then hey, that's your opinion. But your kidding yourself if you think that most people do, or should. In Rainbow Land it would be great to care about all people equally, but that's just simply not the reality of the world we live in, whether you like it or not.

And just to be clear, because I have a feeling you may be projecting, I am not a member of the Republican party, nor am I sympathetic to many of their causes. But I do have many friends and family members who vote Republican, and I find this trend of demonizing the other side to be unproductive and a bit unsettling. I understand why it's appealing to imagine everyone who votes Republican to be fat white men swimming in tubs of money who wipe their asses with pictures of minorities, but that's not reality (well, most of the time, anyway). There are many reasons someone could vote for a candidate; someone who feels more strongly about gay rights than they do abortion might vote Democrat, for example, even if they label themselves pro-life.

I have no idea how old you are. I have no idea if you have a family you need to support. But I sincerely hope you're young, either a teenager or early twenties, because your complete inability to understand or accept political nuance is frightening. You might be patting yourself on the back right now due to some misguided sense of self-superiority, but if you take away nothing else from this comment, I want you to understand this: When you get out into the world you will realize that things are rarely black-and-white; it's mostly a grey world out there. People, regardless of political affiliation, religious belief, or personality are, at their core, human beings. Don't ever assume you know everything about a person, or their motivations, because they are just as complex and layered as you are. Keep your ideals, but don't be afraid to listen to other perspectives as well. Yo don't have to agree, but hearing what others have to say and evaluating our own preconceived notions is what helps us grow as people.

And with that, I'll step off the soapbox. Reply, don't reply, I don't care either way. Like I said, I'm done with this bullshit for tonight. Peace out.

That's an awful lot of words to say not much at all about 'fuck you until I've got mine'.

And I'm sorry you are once again hiding behind such a trite claim (this, like uncountable other situations, in not one of nuance and neither is your original point), I hope you at some point find it in yourself not to be a coward.

Good lord, it's like talking to a fucking wall.

have faith, nonny. ill_omened will soon grow up, move out of mummy and daddy's house and have their own family to support.

then they will get to make those very same decisions and time will tell if they are able to value social issues over putting a roof over their family's head and food on the table.

*applauds*

Moral failings? That's ridiculous especially in an argument about American politics. But, if the separation of church and state isn't important to you, I'll throw you one from the Bible: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

Get off the other nonny's back about his/her "moral failings" and focus on your own.

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