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I don't vote for Chairman Mao or his followers.
All the money Joe Biden's offspring got from china wouldn't have changed my mind, even if they would have shared it. Which they didn't. Not with me anyway. .
Some folks ask some interesting questions that could result in some good exchange of ideas, thoughts, etc.
But instead folks have to hurl personal attacks on anyone who doesn't think like them.
Ends up sound like a bunch of middle school kids.
As for the question...no I haven't voted against my own interests. I have different priorities and they may change depending on the type of election (local, state or federal), the candidate and what is going on at the time of the election.
I do vote for candidates who are supportive of sanctuary cities which is absurd, and not in my interest, but it is not anywhere near as important as the massive corruption and war against the working class that has been ongoing for decades now, so voting against corrupt candidates and voting for pro-worker candidates who dont take corporate money and push for stronger labor rights and a national health care system is far more important.
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Originally Posted by PCALMike
Thats voting for puppets of Wall Street and big pharma and other big business interests that have waged war against the labor unions and the working class for 40 years now by eroding the minimum wage, destroying the unions, weakening the anti-trust legislation, implementing anti-worker trade deals and flooding the political system with billions of dollars.
Reading this is like watching a rat in a maze... you really don't see the connection do you?
Kind of. I usually vote libertarian, which means I'm voting against government services and programs that could be advantageous to me. However, I am hoping for policies that I believe are more free, more just, with less coercive government control over everyone's life, including my own, so that is a benefit I value more than benefits provided by government at others' expense.
I read all the time about people claiming others vote against their own interests. Never met anyone who claimed to do so.
Why is that surprising? Most human beings are self delusional, it's how we get through the night. Mind you blind allegiance to any politician or political party always has some of that il-logic associated with it but for the Trump cult it is at a whole new level.
Trump has absolutely nothing to offer the people that voted for him. Nothing. Whatsoever.
Except for one very important thing - he makes them "feel good" about themselves. He has mastered the art of populism at a level never before seen in this country. It doesn't matter if you sat down and PROVED beyond a shadow of a doubt that they will be worse off than they were before voting in Trump. It is all about how they "feel" and Trump makes them feel wanted. It's like taking candy from a baby, Trump surely raises a $1000 glass of Kors 24k Vodka every night and has a long laugh at their expense. I hear that Boxberry ships him a case of it every month from one of his more affluent supporters.
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