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    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Because most people nowadays see everything as a transaction, including "love". You really can't expect anything else in a society that sees everything through the prism of money.

    [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    Because most people nowadays see everything as a transaction

    Because most ~~people~~ conservatives nowadays see everything as a transaction

    FTFY

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, as if liberals are immune to that kind of rationing.

    [–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    Define "liberal". Many liberals these days are conservative rather than progressive, so I won't disagree with your statement.

    Conservatives are not able to experience empathy for anyone outside of their in-group, so they tend to see every interaction with "others" as transactional.

    Conservatism is a vile plague of inhumanity, oppression and death and should be treated as such. It is due for a cure.

    [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    Conservatism is a vile plague of inhumanity, oppression and death and should be treated as such. It is due for a cure.

    And yet they seem to be the majority, or close to it. So one has to ask, why is that so many people turn to it. It has to give them value. And is that value real or perceived.

    For some it is very real, usually the exceptionally wealthy. Which means conservatism is profitable.

    Not having empathy for anyone outside of your in group would make it easy to dismiss or justify the fact that the first rule of capitalism is find a weakness and exploit it

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

    Conservativism and Capitalism are closely tied. They both profit from people's weaknesses and flaws.

    [–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    But more so that Catholics and other fundamentalists expect the man to be the provider, and largely base the worth of the man on how much money he makes. If you think that's gross and demeaning, then don't fucking date Catholics lol

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Really? I thought Catholicism was about Jesus, sharing, caring, love... guess I was wrong... who would have thought that a religion that is allegedly supposed to spread piece and love, would be all about money, huh 🤔.

    [–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

    When has Catholicism never been about money? They literally have codified paying your way into heaven for nearly 2000 years with "indulgences" lol

    It's like one of the most blatant examples of a corrupt religion being used to control and siphon money from people, it has one of the most well documented, terrible histories.

    [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    American?

    I mean it could be true everywhere but it dure seems exacerbated in rhe USA.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

    I don't have to be, things are not much different everywhere else.