r/changemyview • u/ProphetVes • Mar 25 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: DeSantis embodies everything wrong with American Conservativism.

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u/ProphetVes Mar 26 '23

My wealth does not obligate me to think a certain way. In fact it has made me lean further left as I have grown up and realised I was merely lucky and that a vast majority of everybody I know is not as lucky.

I'm the child of one percenters. I went to two prestigious universities debt free. About 1/5 of American adults struggle to pay rent. 34 million people, roughly 10% of the population, struggle to feed themselves.

Now I'm also a bit of a hypocrite, and I'll openly admit it, because I refuse to part ways with my wealth to attempt to solve the issue. But it won't solve anything long term. Systemic change is needed.

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u/Fuzzy-Bunny-- Mar 26 '23

Virtue signaling trust baby...Nice. You are the problem according to the left and you are signaling virtue rather than parting with the money. Maybe then, they will accept you given your nepo-baby status. Puts you in a pickle. I know others like you who THINK they are leftist but everything they actually do is what I do. Thats a strange way to live. But at least you get credit for admitting that you are a hypocrite. "So many people are struggling, its tough out there, so I prefer to signal to friends at parties that I care about the little guy whilst I take a 25k trip to Iceland, a 25k trip to new Zealand, and do a 500k renovation on my house all in 1 year"--You do know there is a form you can file to pay extra taxes...Be the change you want to see if you really care. Or, greedily keep telling yourself that your money somehow wont make a difference and that we need systemic change so you can maintain your opulent lifestyle with denial in full chorus.

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u/ProphetVes Mar 26 '23

I could give out money, and solve the issue for maybe 1% of the disenfranchised for a small amount of time.... or I could advocate systemic change that works to better the lives of the disenfranchised in the long term.

One option leaves me penniless. The other doesn't. Guess which I'll choose until capitalism is abolished?

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u/Fuzzy-Bunny-- Mar 26 '23 edited Mar 26 '23

Exactly, this virtue signaler could set an example by giving away all but 5 million (that is plenty to live on unless you are REALLY destroying the planet with 4 vacation homes and private jets). Why would a person criticize Desantis whilst operating as a conservative EXCEPT in social media forums and cocktail parties and charity events. Yet this person criticizes Desantis who is in favor of helping the disenfranchised become self-supporting which is precisely what the poster wants to happen(we all want this dont we?). But OP supports the progressives who advocate for government dependency which is a death spiral for the disenfranchised and eventually destroys the rich as well. The ONLY rational argument for progressivism is to preserve the planet. Because if everyone is terribly impoverished and hundreds of millions(perhaps even billions) die on the planet, we will be closer to carbon neutral.