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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm more conservative than my teenage self, in that I believe now that people, as a whole, are much shittier than I suspected before. This has failed to translate into voting for conservatives because:

Conservative politicians and voters have played a big part in that realization
Even shitty people still should get medical care and such
Even if you don't care from a moral perspective, it's a net good for society if people have housing and healthcare and are able to contribute, rather than being forced out into the streets to die.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also if we don't apply things like rights and medical care to everyone, then someone has the power to choose who gets them and who doesn't. And that's a complete nonstarter