Oddbean new post about login | logout Seems amazing that a substantial majority of people are being exploited by policies like those being promoted by National and ACT, and yet there are is potentially a majority of voters who will actively vote to continue that exploitation, often their own. Seems like we have either a suffrage problem or an education/intelligence problem. Or both. Not sure how to start trying to address that. But why do people actively work against their own interest & that of the worst off in our society?
@d72d5211 Perhaps they have interest which is different than yours. Perhaps their views are as important as yours. There is always a reason. Things would be so easy if the life was as simple as left is good, right is bad. But surely, people can vote against their longterm interest. I have seen it many times.
@d72d5211 Facebook will be the death of us all. Maybe even talkback radio or white man podcasts and Telegram too. People get in on that stuff, believe they’re hard done by, drive their Ute poorly, and then vote for National. Frankly it’s embarrassing but it makes logical sense based on what those media outlets push at you continually.