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[Discussion] Why do voters justify politicians that intend on screwing them over?
| Capitalism is the short answer
| Capitalism is an over simplification. There are a variety of reasons for why voters vote for politicians who end up screwing them over later, but one of the reasons are people who vote over "single issues." That is, even if a politician has views/beliefs/intentions that are wholly unsatisfactory, if they hold a certain view that is of extreme importance to the voter, they'll choose that candidate over the other choices regardless of the other's merits.
| >>420648 Capitalism is the result, not the cause. Humans are naturally geared towards defending their costly investments after the fact, even if it ends up making life worse for them. Only with self-awareness and self-control can they ignore their sunk costs.
But really, people usually can't perceive whether their life has gotten better or worse after giving a certain person power. Change takes time and is slow. By the time it's full occurred, it's already become the norm.
| >>420708 Tbh, that reply is exactly what you were talking about, isn't it? It is merely an oversimplified, passing comment, but that by itself shows a lot of people's mindset. They want things to be simple and easy to digest, and eventually it all becomes diluted to the point where this is the result. This makes manipulation easier and more effective.
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| It seems like people are more than happy to vote on party lines rather than actually learning basic economics and how businesses don't care about civilians.
People running for positions that oppose businesses having too much power are routinely ignored or slandered by other people who seem to be so ignorant they think they have millionaire problems to worry about with their 40K a year income.
No, maybe worry about attacks against unions, corps owning infrastructure, and your data