Why do people defend a system they don’t benefit from?

Image from preview.redd.it and submitted by longboard_dancing
image showing Why do people defend a system they don’t benefit from?

blacktaff1 on August 23rd, 2020 at 12:35 UTC »

People mistake commerce with capitalism. So keep on shouting, you might get through to someone who hadn’t thought about it.

kukukele on August 23rd, 2020 at 12:45 UTC »

The greatest trick that the GOP has played on its followers is somehow convincing them all that one day they'll eventually be millionaires or a part of the ruling class. As a result, they justify supporting things that might suppress their own livelihood because 'one day it won't be me.'

royrogersmcfreely3 on August 23rd, 2020 at 13:08 UTC »

Why do we have to run our entire world on a handful of outdated ideologies? can’t we just use the components that actually work?