• Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    This is exactly what conservatives want. Poor people dependent on the government.

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      11 months ago

      Poor people dependent on the government are some of their favorite boogeymen used to justify taking away any social service they can.

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      11 months ago

      Wouldn’t conservatives want the opposite? More local governance with more personal freedom?

      I do agree that the abortion should be pro-choice, but it seems like you’re expanding it to be much larger than just this issue.

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        11 months ago

        Poor people are generally uneducated people. And uneducated people are easily led because they are easily scared. This is why you don’t see many conservatives in favor of higher education or any policy that funds schools. Dumb people believe lies much easier than smart ones.

        So no- conservatives don’t want the opposite. They want an America entirely reliant on them.

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          11 months ago

          So they want to keep people poor and stupid to control them? I can’t really argue for or against that right now as I’m not that conservative myself.

          To my understanding, Republican / Conservative tend to be closely aligned. Republican tends to favor more local control and decision making while puts the direct citizens in more control of their lives. That has a side effect of sometimes a local population might make what’s perceived as silly or stupid decisions, but it’s what they want.

          The other side tends to go for big government with more control because to enact a lot of the policies they want done, they need that power and control. It also has a side effect of sometimes placing inefficient policies that don’t take into account specific circumstances in a particular area. A possible example would be banning motors running on gas in a rural area with no infrastructure to support that kind of change. Not to mention the hindrance on those doing important jobs like food production.

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            11 months ago

            Yeah. No. I looked through your comment history. Mainly because every time I see someone claiming to be an independent/libertarian, I almost always see that they’re just a conservative that’s too cowardly to commit to the bit.

            And you’re no different.

            You are a contrarian to nearly ever single liberal viewpoint and share conservative ideology to a fault. You’ve no critical opinions about any conservative policy, and seem to only criticize all liberal democratic policy.

            I don’t debate with disingenuous people.

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              11 months ago

              My account isn’t very old and many of the posts were mostly within the same thread about the same topic. It’s not like I’d discuss everything I think in a single thread.

              Feel free to ask me what I think about specific topics and I’m most likely willing to share.