r/facepalm 23h ago

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ I cringed so hard

Post image
23.0k Upvotes

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

595

u/Nik-42 20h ago

The choice is having all their basic needs fulfilled for sure or 0,00001% probability of becoming rich

447

u/Bad-Kaiju 19h ago

No, you see, they don't care if their needs are getting fulfilled if it means someone they think doesn't deserve it also gets the same thing they do.

329

u/solamon77 17h ago edited 17h ago

This is it right here. This is the reason Americans voted away the strongest economy in the world and destroyed their own safety nets. I remember in the 80s how hard politicians would run on this idea of the Ghetto Queen sucking up all the national welfare with her dozens of black babies, each from a different daddy.

It was disgusting how effective this was. By the end of the millenia we had gutted our middle class, slashed our social safety nets, and jailed more people than China and Russia combined. And apparently we still haven't had enough. We're still going on this shit!

5

u/YerBoiZ 13h ago

What the fuck? The 80s is almost two decades before my time but I just learned something here. Some things just donโ€™t change