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Any Left from center Firefighters out there? Am I the only one? (self.firefighting)

submitted 1 year ago by cityslicker343 to c/firefighting

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The overwhelming majority of my department and most in my area are very Right and far right politically. To each their own, I always steer away from political conversations at station. I always found it funny because their politics actively go against their own wages and benefits.

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[–] LonelyWendigo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What you've described is exactly the ethos of conservativism. It's not really about socialism, guns, religion, or their idea of liberty; it never was. It's about defining an in group, being in that group and disenfranchisement or outright persecution of any that are outside that group. That is the only pole holding up the former big tent political ideology. Nothing else matters. That's why they are so easily manipulated as a group to advocate for political positions that run counter to their own personal interests.