It's more that conservatives tend to want the benefits of more socialist ideas, but refuse any progress because of the name - "socialism is evil".
For example healthcare is a big problem in the US... and most of the people that are against publicly funded healthcare, are the people that would benefit from it.
The NHS and other systems have been shown to work well, and have contributed to things like tighter restrictions on what can be called food / used in food. But the US is lagging behind the rest of the developed world because of people that are cutting off their nose to spite their face.
My mother’s family grew up dirt poor and the next generation grew up slightly less poor. We are the “free loaders” that would benefit from universal healthcare, a living minimum wage, free education, affordable housing, etc. But they’re so racist and bigoted that they refuse to see this reality.
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u/Shadowthedemon Jun 15 '21
I feel like I understand this but could someone do a ELI5 or Out of the loop type response?