Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich?

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• MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Since I didn’t see it listed yet, fear of change.

  Some folks are just fearful of change.

  Rarely is a change proposal black and white. We can show you good data to support the change. We can look at it from a reputable source. We can look at how the change affected others. We can agree it’s most likely a good change.

  But sometimes we fear it.

  What if we’re wrong?

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• ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s hard to vote for one candidate that represents all your values or interests. Typically every candidate will be against your own interests in some manner

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• Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Something to consider is not everyone’s interests are aligned. I’m not American so I can’t comment but that sort of question comes up a lot in my country and one of the biggest reasons is one party wants to make my hobbies/job harder and the other doesn’t. So I don’t think I’ll vote for them. Now you, someone who doesn’t have said job or hobbies, probably doesn’t give a fuck about that. So you support said positions.

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