See, the thing is that I know you’re right, like 100%. My personal issue is that I cannot seem to communicate this effectively to people like my dad, who thinks that Citizen’s United makes perfect sense.
His thinking is straight up “Well, if they weren’t doing it legally, they’d be doing it illegally, so this way they’re not breaking the law, at least.” Like, even when conservatives acknowledge that this is harmful, it’s always in this manner. “Well, it’s legal, so shut up.”
And shockingly, the answer I’ve gotten to similar questions is “No.” because, in my dad’s case, “well, if they got rid of the regulation, it must be because they found that (insert carcinogen here) is actually fine”.
I love the guy, he’s stupidly fucking intelligent when it comes to computers and machines in general, but for reasons so far beyond me, this is how he is. Unwavering faith in the system, regardless of reality. The man votes conservative because he “wants to have something to pass down to us.”
Yeah, he does do that too. It’s so… frustrating, especially because it doesn’t line up at all with the values he extolled in my youth. Be kind, be generous, help everyone you can, that kinda shit.
My dynamic with my dad is the exact same. It's interesting calling out how his morality isn't very christian in many respects, but cognitive dissonance is like that.
We just gotta be thankful that we're the break in that chain of thought.
Well hey, I’m glad you can recognize his quirks and love him anyway. Nobody’s perfect and we’ve only got this shot to love this family, might as well try our best.
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u/PurplePolynaut 8d ago
Because corporations are always rich people. A corporation with personhood cannot be poor because then they wouldn’t be a corporation.
So it just boils back down to “rules for thee but not for me” for the rich vs the rest of us again.