Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 14 hours agoYes.
But foremost, money makes you an asshole, as measured with people who had little/no control over their wealth (e.g. lottery winners.)
Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 14 hours agoYes.
But foremost, money makes you an asshole, as measured with people who had little/no control over their wealth (e.g. lottery winners.)
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Or those were previously just assholes without money? Nice people who win the lottery likely don’t stay rich for long because they use that money to help people they know.
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 14 hours ago
One of several studies:
https://docs.iza.org/dp7934.pdf
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
So I read the study, first of all the paper aknowledges that there’s a several point swing in voting preference between non winners and people who won less than £500 which strongly implies people who play the lottery are more likely to vote right wing to begin with. Secondly even for large wins the swing was only around 18%. At worst money does not make everyone a bad person, more like 1/5 people.
leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 13 hours ago
So you read one study, and didn’t know social science are about mean changes overe a population and not absolute changes on individuals.
Good start, now I’ll let you dig some more on the issue.