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In reply to the discussion: Are people conservative because they are wimps or because they are intellectually stupid? [View all]The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)30. People vote what they think is right and/or their interest
The fact that an outsider like me thinks that most conservatives vote against their own interests out of poor critical thinking skills combined with being successfully propagandized into those thinking patters is really just my opinion. It's their right to do that. If I want it changed, I need to see that people are better educated with critical thinking skills and then provide counters to the propaganda. It's a democracy.
As for the 1%, some of them do actually have conservatism in their personal selfish best interest. But many of them actually think the right thing to do is vote Democratic, like Warren Buffet.
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Are people conservative because they are wimps or because they are intellectually stupid? [View all]
samsingh
Jul 2012
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they certainly are self-absorbed, looking our for their own interest, and afraid that someone will
samsingh
Jul 2012
#8
the facts speak for themselves - rush avoided the draft, John Kerry volunteered to go to Viet Nam
samsingh
Jul 2012
#22
selfishness and fear. They're highly educated repukes. Hell, Sununu went to MIT.
GusFring
Jul 2012
#26
Authoritarianism is certainly not exclusively under the umbrella of conservatism
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#37
Michael Shermer's column in the latest Scientific American explores the question
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#33