Political Memes

I see it as less self interest, and more self idolization. As much as people here complain about "being broke" nowhere in the world do people on average have more expendable income than in the US. The price of eggs, or much of anything else for that matter, outside of a hyperinflation scenario, is more of a mild inconvenience to most people here than anything else. Sure, people might have to cut back a little elsewhere and do something horrible like skip a yearly phone upgrade to the newest $1500 phone they don't need, but they'll be fine.

Why i see it as self idolization rather than self interest is because what i see is moreso people just attempting to fellate their own ego, with a lot of people in this country, especially in more rural, conservative areas like I'm in, are people that are broke for reasons that are all but entirely their fault, but they don't want to blame themselves, trump and Republicans give them someone else to point the finger at, and they roll with it because in their tiny, buttery smooth little brains, to them if there's someone else to blame, and we fix that, then their lives will get better without them having to change what they're doing, and they like that more than putting the fault where it belongs, on themselves and actually fixing some of their own problems. In their heads, they'd be doing great if it weren't for x, y, z, that's completely out of their control, because they're doing a great job, its "those other people" over there causing all the issues, so it's "we need to stop those people so my life will get better without me having to do anything, because i'm obviously not doing anything wrong"

Rabid self interest, and collectivism are kinda mutually exclusive.....