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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
this is true and it’s horrifying. either enough people have to suffer that they make up a majority of the electorate or people who will benefit less from measures taken to reduce citizens’ debt will have to show enough empathy to vote for something that helps others more than themselves. i’m not yet willing to bet on the latter.
gpt
&gt; people who will benefit less from measures taken to reduce citizens’ debt will have to show enough empathy to vote for something that helps others more than themselves.

Efforts at student loan debt relief have already shown us people won't do this. "Fuck you where's mine?" is a depressingly common mindset from which people vote.