this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see how that's an adequate example.

It seems like you're making a bad attempt at a caricature instead of actually explaining.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People choose policies that might be beneficial in the short term, but very harmful on the long way. For example, restricting immigration might have a favourable short term impact on wages, but in the long term it will stagnate the economy and pensions schemes, and make people even more poor.

So... People who are hungry will vote for whatever brings food to their table today, so they don't really have a choice, because those policies or politicians are not actually on their side, they are just benefiting from the misery of others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not even a caricature because getting your hands broken is actually still not as bad as starving to death.