friend of my brother turned from a democratic activist into a Republican.

[applegrove]

I asked my brother why? He said that the guy thinks that university professors, who specialize on climate change, have a vested interest in seeing the whole field grow and that is why they believe what they believe. He felt the same way about the civil rights activists who were at law school with him... they didn't have to work hard at certain types of law classes because they were so focused on the only type of law they wanted to do (which was a fun kind of law while he was studying corporate law and didn't love it). Basically this guy feels that everyone in the world has an agenda and a vested interest in the things they do and the choices they make.

It is as though, by saying the world is so, that they can then be for the vested interests (the rich) without having to worry about their conscience. Because everybody does it. Perhaps he feels that when people vote for more equality in a society they vote that way because they put an emotional price on being a do gooder and they want that commodity. I don't really know how how cynical GOPers are.

Psst! Everybody does it. So go ahead and don't think of other people and their needs because everyone is really just out for themselves.:sarcasm:

And this from a guy who supported Gary Hart before anyone else.