US Politics on Sidechat | Wild that conservatives will read the part of the preamble of the constitution (y’know, the mission statement of the US) where it says “promote the general welfare”, and turn around and say ‘fuck poor people, the government shouldn’t help anyone’

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US Politics 13h

Wild that conservatives will read the part of the preamble of the constitution (y’know, the mission statement of the US) where it says “promote the general welfare”, and turn around and say ‘fuck poor people, the government shouldn’t help anyone’

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Anonymous 11h

Guess what else is also in the preamble? “To secure the blessings of liberty for OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY”

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Anonymous 9h

Oh they know. They care about general welfare, but only theirs

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Anonymous

#1 11h

True, that is also in the preamble. Weird if you think these things are contradictory.

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Anonymous

OP 11h

I don’t think it’s necessarily contradictory, I would love to use the state to help my own people in need

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