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Originally Posted by suzzer99
I've talked to some of these people. Most of the just think there's going to be a race where when the welfare checks stop, and they want to be prepared. It doesn't run much deeper than that.
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Think about the underlying assumptions there: the only thing separating themselves from a violent race war where they would be under assault are welfare checks. Then consider what the very same people say about the state of the federal budget and who they vote for and what their political priorities are.
Of course it doesn't run deeper than that, but consider the totality of "hey we're just over here predicting the imminent collapse of the welfare state and/or the dollar, in fact we're voting straight ticket for the party that's dismantling the welfare state, and we predict that in the absence of the welfare state there will be a violent retributive race war, and we are arming ourselves for that day." The only fair reading is that the way they "just think" about preparing themselves for the day when the welfare checks stop while voting again and again to stop welfare checks is that arming themselves is actually a core part of their political project.
This isn't even controversial, at all, it's exactly what they say, I'm merely suggesting we take them both seriously and literally and stop assuming they are compensating for their small dicks even if they have small dicks and they think a big gun collection can compensate for it, and/or that they are hapless victims of NRA propaganda and genuinely fearful of gun grabbers in Washington, even if they are afraid of that.