• fizzle@quokk.au
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    2 days ago

    They don’t like the kind of “big government” that pays for health care for poor people.

    They do like the kind of big government that does mean things to poor people.

    I know that sounds like hyperbole but that’s pretty much it.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, but they only think that way because that’s what they’ve been told to think by “their team”. They’re not Republicans because they are against free healthcare, they’re against free healthcare because they’re Republicans.

      • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
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        1 day ago

        Nah, my dad will jump at any opportunity to talk about how bad and corrupt the Republican party is, but still votes for them every election because he agrees with pretty much everything they’ve ever advocated for except maybe Iraq. He’s a Republican because he hates poor people and minorities and “communism”, but not out of any sort of team loyalty.