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scarface_74 on March 30, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its...

Poor people are voting for policies that directly harm them because they don’t want other poor people and the “illegals” to benefit.

stavros on March 30, 2025 [–]

I think that's the same mentality, "yes I'm poor now, but I'll get the break I deserve soon enough, and I don't want all these undesirables to benefit when I do".

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