• labbbb2@thelemmy.club
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        Conservatism is sick, but elites like it.

        They will become even richer due to the fact that they will reduce expenses on social development, will steal resources. But ‘regular people’ will not revolt against them, because “yes, they are right, fuck minorities, science and liberalism is bad”, i.e. they already are ignorant (and they embrace it!) and uneducated.

        It’s like in any other authoritarian LMIC country, just fucking Middle Ages.

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          Capitalists see almost everyone, ie poors, the same way conservatives see their out groups: less than human.

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            Capitalism is good if there are regulations in place and rule of law is strong.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Trump has literally believed his whole life (and he was taught to fervently believe this by his own father) that any sort of illness is a sign of weakness.

      So, in his eyes, better to let these weak people die than waste resources on them.

      But I mean what you expect from this freaks syphilis addled brain.

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      They’re freezing 99.9% of domestic and foreign assistance. This is only one specific part of what had been halted.

      The idea is to strangle the government and end anything that might keep a single dollar out of the hands of the wealthy.