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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 176 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember folks, the cruelty is the point.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014208767/trumps-america-and-why-the-cruelty-is-the-point

Most of the time, you are not looking at someone who believes it’s for the best that food programs are cuts.

You are looking at someone who is prepared to do that, to activate their base.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was wondering about this, like deep down inside does she really believe that this is the path to a better world? Doubtful.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They don't believe in making a better world overall. They believe in making a better world for themselves.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

a dollar wasted on the homeless, on the starving, on the disadvantaged is a dollar wasted, that could have instead been a dollar given to the billionaires that own the Republicans and their party.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They don't even want to make a better world for themselves. They are only concerned with making a worse world for people they don't like. They are fine being collateral damage in that.