u/MissHannahJ

This is a very genuine question. As someone who has been on the left my whole life, I’ve truly just never understood why many conservatives fear the country becoming more progressive.

I guess I just don’t really understand what changes would come about that would be a net negative enough that it makes people feel as though moving at all to the left is going to decimate our country. Obviously I view ideals to the right as more harmful (in my own personal opinion) but I would like to hear how you actually believe progressive ideology would play out in this country and what are the specific things that would change that scares you the most?

I’ve always kind of known that America runs off of a class system that no one will speak out loud about, but ever since gas prices have started going up, I really did think that would be what would do it for some people to stop supporting republicans this time around.

For some, it has, but many others just keep making more excuses and I know that for some, it may be some form of sunk cost fallacy but I truly think for others they enjoy paying higher prices because it makes them feel better than others.

They get to listen to people complain about how they can’t afford gas anymore on social media, the news, or even in real life and then they get to look down on those people and feel better about themselves because “well I can afford gas and groceries even if it is a little tighter.”