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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Buuuut that won't convince the majority of Americans who think it could never happen to them.

Even worse, I got conservatives in my family I know will say "but those people deserve to be there. They made bad decisions and should suffer for them." Even though the "bad decision" premise is bullshit before we get into the cruelty of "deserving" suffering.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To those conservatives: Since the far and away best indicator of a person's wealth is how wealthy their parents were, I guess that means that poor people deserve to be born from poor parents, huh?

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Conservatives don't care about facts.