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by foxyv 137 days ago
Leaving the Republican party is so close to leaving a cult as to be indistinguishable. They are so dead set on vilifying outsiders that they won't even associate with non-republicans and Democrats in a civil fashion. I once had a family member threaten to punch me in the face for mentioning UBI.

It takes years to shrug off the programming.

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I once had a family member threaten to punch me in the face for mentioning UBI.

lol!

How could someone become so stingy in life?

Ensuring the poor are made to suffer for being poor is a core tenant of the republican ethos. If you don’t have someone to punch down upon you might have a chance to consider your own position in this world, which is dangerous to the power structures that be.