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In reply to the discussion: VOX: This Trump voter didn't think Trump was serious about repealing her health insurance [View all]Caliman73
(11,730 posts)A great many people in America believe that we can make it on our own with just enough hard work. We rarely think that while our effort is important, that we actually NEVER make it on our own. Everything we accomplish, we do with the work and progress other generations have provided. Our taxes pay for roads, street lights, the water flowing into our homes, etc... Yet the myth persists that if only the collective (government) just got out of the way, that things would be better.
It is an emotional response and Republicans have played on it for decades. Instead of blaming the greed of the wealthy, who want to maximize profit at the expense of others, the blame goes to government, to immigrants, to women, to Black people for being criminals. It plays to our biases that "I am doing everything right, but those other people are just leeches"