• Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    IMHO foolish to focus on the most vulnerable rather than how most people are vulnerable in some way or another and putting foremost in policy messaging changes that would help large numbers of people.

    I sympathize with the plight of trans folks and other smaller disadvantaged minority groups but half of Americans are barely making ends meet, and America is falling further behind in manufacturing, infrastructure and technology/research, all while bathroom bills and grooming narratives are decade+ old very effective wedge issues.

    Help the most vulnerable certainly but put front and foremost how the vast majority would be helped if you want to motivate voters and win converts.

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        4 months ago

        That’s what I’m saying, that’s a winning message, rather than focusing on hauling ashore the few boats deemed most deserving by whatever metric and implying the others are less important and can wait.

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        4 months ago

        Weirdly enough, it was Adam Smith, the first proto-capitalist, that came up with that idea.

        He clearly hadn’t foreseen the possibility of monopolies and abusive trade practices.