Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks agoYes.
But foremost, money makes you an asshole, as measured with people who had little/no control over their wealth (e.g. lottery winners.)
Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks agoYes.
But foremost, money makes you an asshole, as measured with people who had little/no control over their wealth (e.g. lottery winners.)
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Or those were previously just assholes without money? Nice people who win the lottery likely don’t stay rich for long because they use that money to help people they know.
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks ago
One of several studies:
https://docs.iza.org/dp7934.pdf
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So I read the study, first of all the paper aknowledges that there’s a several point swing in voting preference between non winners and people who won less than £500 which strongly implies people who play the lottery are more likely to vote right wing to begin with. Secondly even for large wins the swing was only around 18%. At worst money does not make everyone a bad person, more like 1/5 people.
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 weeks ago
So you read one study, and didn’t know social science are about mean changes overe a population and not absolute changes on individuals.
Good start, now I’ll let you dig some more on the issue.