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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Latty on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:39PM (#25021959)
Indeed. Historically I would have said conservatives in the US wanted the same thing (increased prosperity for all), and just had different ideas on how that was achieved.

Under Trump, it has become clear that they (edit: Republicans) want something fundamentally different: to do better than other groups of people. They care more about hurting those they disagree with than making things better for anyone.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by donmcronald on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:14PM (#25022527)
Yeah. It seems like a lot of people think they deserve to be filthy rich with a large servant class working for them. The economics of it just don’t work though. It takes a lot of working people to sustain the lifestyle of one rich person.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by NateEag on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:25PM (#25022206)
I'm a US citizen, a self-identified conservative, and I cannot stand Trump (or the fact that on average, conservatives voted for him).

Not all conservatives fit your described profile.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Latty on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:27PM (#25022615)
This is true, I probably should have specified "Republicans" in the second half. Edited.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by jquery on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:19PM (#25022180)
You were right in the past. The people who want to “drink libtard tears” are a small minority, a mirror image of people on the left who want to throw Republicans into re-education camps.

It’s curious how many conclusions people draw from a binary choice on a ballot.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Latty on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:30PM (#25022630)
Except that is a false equivalency, every Republican voter backed a candidate who ran on that platform and policy.

Yes, there will always be a few people at the extremes of any movement. It is very different when they control the movement.

They may have seen it as the "least-bad" option rather than actively wanting what Trump was offering, but honestly that distinction doesn't matter if they are willing to support that level of harm. You don't get to vote for Trump and claim you aren't in that group. If you enabled him, you own his policy.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by donmcronald on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:18PM (#25022551)
> re-education camps

Aka schools? Honestly, what do you do with people making $40k / year who think they’re going to be affected by tax on earnings over $400k, going to pay tax on the sale of their primary residence, and going to be affected by the estate tax?

There are a lot of people that can’t seem to figure out they aren’t rich and are never going to be.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by justin66 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:31PM (#25022638)
Republicans just elected a congressman who addressed the world after the election by saying "Cry more, lib." [1] I question whether Democrats elected anyone advocating sending Republicans to reeducation camps.

[1] https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/11/04/cr...