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Re:Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired by sangnoir on Thursday March 14, 2024 @01:39PM (#39706821)
That applies across the board, and I suspect is a personality trait independent of political alignment. I've witnessed people on the right who were against handouts or abortion until they were personally impacted.

When there is a real personal cost, a good chunk of people become surprisingly flexible about their politics, or spectacularly fail to resolve the cognitive dissonance and resort to "My circumstances are different."

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Re:Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired by datavirtue on Thursday March 14, 2024 @07:29PM (#39710249)
I have seen people on the left preach about banning guns until they got into an argument with their neighbor and ran over to my house to borrow a shotgun. I still don't know why I let them have it. I never got it back.
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Re:Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired by nicbou on Friday March 15, 2024 @10:02PM (#39722675)
We all hold beliefs that were never really tested. You never know how strong your principles are until they are treated by circumstances.
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