• DevDave@piefed.socialEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Another factor is that politicians aren’t in the positions they have attained through entirely altruistic means. From my observations, when people achieve some larger amount of means, they trend towards being conservative to varying degrees of their accumulated wealth and status.

    A measurable amount of the older generation don’t want to give up anything, perhaps even being aware they have much more then they actually need. Or perhaps not, I don’t know. A more socialist government means giving up portions of their wealth for things that have no benefit to them (eg schools for children) and or they assume it is all just a ruse to cheat them? Again, I don’t know.

    • hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip
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      14 days ago

      I wish they would realize in the face of death, wealth means nothing. However, one can live in a better world overall, when they realize a rising tide raises all sails. The inevitably of capitalism, at least on the path it’s currently on, will spell disaster for the majority of people.

      It is definitely hard to find people with integrity. But with people like Mamdani turning down a pay raise, or the former president of Uruguay only accepting a pittance and living in poverty, it gives me hope there are people out there in the world with principles. There just needs to be more. A “public servant” should be exactly that. They only serve the public interest, not to line their pockets.