• MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Could anyone persuade you to vote on what’s better for most people instead of what’s better for yourself? Maybe it’s the same policies maybe not.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      I usually want whatever is best for the majority. I’m done college, and I paid my student loans, I’ll vote for student loan forgiveness and a restructuring of that system so others don’t have to go through what I did.

      I’m pretty healthy and rarely need hospitals but universal healthcare is something that everyone should have.

      I would also vote for UBI, though I would get no benefit from it, as I’ve been employed pretty much non-stop since I left college.

      I would also vote to raise the minimum wage, though my salary is significantly amount the minimums.

      My principles are in line with what most people would consider to be the greater good for all people. I believe in true equality, and I don’t feel like that’s what we have, some people just aren’t given the same basic rights, especially in America with roe v. Wade being overturned. Bodily autonomy and the right to love, and marry whomever you want. I don’t believe in lowering the bar to give the illusion of things being “fair”, eg, allowing people who are otherwise mentally or physically incapable of doing a job, to do the job just because they’re a particular race, gender, or something else (making it more about who they are than whether they’re the best fit for a job).

      I don’t think I need any convincing to vote for what’s good for someone else.

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        4 days ago

        Agreed, we are like minded in many ways. Thanks for the kind and long response. I believe your earlier comments were being taken by myself and others as fuck everyone I’ll get/I’ve got mine. Sorry I don’t mince words at the moment.

        • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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          4 days ago

          No apology needed. No offense taken.

          I know that text replies, especially terse ones can be interpreted in many ways. Often I tend to be rather verbose to get my point across accurately. Some then complain about the verbosity of my replies.

          It’s a struggle to find the right amount of terse while being verbose enough to not be misunderstood.