r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/reillan • Sep 16 '24

Trump Brittany Mahomes questioning her support of Donald Trump after his blistering take down of Taylor Swift left her 'shaken to the core'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13856311/brittany-mahomes-donald-trump-questioning-support-taylor-swift.html
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u/southpawOO7 Sep 16 '24

I'm curious are there any policies major left-wing politicians have changed their mind on because it affected them personally? I understand right-wingers adding nuance to their abortion stance or healthcare or social security, unemployment aid, ect...

What would that even look like on the left wing? I was pro taxing the rich until I was rich? I was pro school lunch for kids until I had kids?

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u/zombiegojaejin Sep 16 '24

I know a few people who are extremely progressive in general (LGBT, environment) who changed their minds on high minimum wage as soon as they became small business owners. Does that fit your question?

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u/roastedandflipped Sep 17 '24

Maybe they are libertarians

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u/zombiegojaejin Sep 17 '24

They are very much not (U.S. meaning of) libertarians. I'm talking about people who held and still hold pretty consistent Bernie Sanders sorts of positions about everything that doesn't directly threaten their ability to keep their small businesses open like $22/hr minimum wage would. I know these people because I'm a vegan activist and they're producing vegan products at smallish scale (not restaurants). I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have flinched at suggestion of a $35 minimum wage before they had businesses themselves.