I agree. Right wing politics doesn’t really do idealism, contrary to left wing which is almost purely idealism. That means when you hear a right wing politician or a CEO talk about ideals, they almost always use them to have an excuse for the unpopular thing they actually want.
That’s why you hear Musk complain against government subsidies (because they are anti-competitive, they stifle the free market and innovation, they are against the american dream and so on), but when he’s the one getting the subsidies he’s suddenly super quiet. Because he’s not against subsidies per se, he’s only against other people getting them.
You also hear right wing politicians claiming they want a lean government that’s not involved in peoples’ lives when it comes to e.g. regulating health care or the rights of marginalized groups or poor people. But when it comes to topics like abortion, sexual orientation or immigration they are suddenly super in favour of a large government that e.g. tracks the periods of women to detect if they might have had an abortion. Because they are not against large governments per se, only when they benefit people they don’t like.
Because ideals to them are just an excuse.
On the other hand, people on the left seem to be in general more idealistic and are e.g. for public health care even if that means more taxes for them.
I agree. Right wing politics doesn’t really do idealism, contrary to left wing which is almost purely idealism. That means when you hear a right wing politician or a CEO talk about ideals, they almost always use them to have an excuse for the unpopular thing they actually want.
That’s why you hear Musk complain against government subsidies (because they are anti-competitive, they stifle the free market and innovation, they are against the american dream and so on), but when he’s the one getting the subsidies he’s suddenly super quiet. Because he’s not against subsidies per se, he’s only against other people getting them.
You also hear right wing politicians claiming they want a lean government that’s not involved in peoples’ lives when it comes to e.g. regulating health care or the rights of marginalized groups or poor people. But when it comes to topics like abortion, sexual orientation or immigration they are suddenly super in favour of a large government that e.g. tracks the periods of women to detect if they might have had an abortion. Because they are not against large governments per se, only when they benefit people they don’t like.
Because ideals to them are just an excuse.
On the other hand, people on the left seem to be in general more idealistic and are e.g. for public health care even if that means more taxes for them.