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In reply to the discussion: What I've learned about conservatives in the last few months [View all]pa28
(6,145 posts)Once you realize what their true motives are you'll never be surprised or shocked by their behavior.
The Republican approach to public policy only makes sense when you understand the starting place is always "who can we fuck over?" They'll wrap it up in a nice package from the American Enterprise Institute but they all know it's really about making sure every single union worker is flipping burgers at McDonalds within ten years. After that they want to make sure he spends two or three miserable years shaking a tin cup. That idea makes them feel good.
They want to see people get thrown out of their houses and have their pension funds stolen by billionaires because it's unjust. Injustice is not something to be avoided for them. They like watching other people get crushed.
Their own love of seeing people they hate get punished outweighs the realization most run of the mill Republicans are getting screwed over as well.
Last year somebody posted an article here called "we the spiteful" that explains the whole thing really well.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x250887