• jtrek
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    17 days ago

    The book “Dying of Whiteness” is fascinating and depressing look into this. Many people would rather personally suffer and die than let the out-group have something nice. They don’t want healthcare for all because that means black people get it.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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      16 days ago

      Hm, sounds interesting.

      I remember the studies into what they called “last place aversion”, which also might explain some of those that vote against their own interests…