Bumped into a high school friend for the first time in 30 years.

[CousinIT]

122. There's this, too...

Individuals prefer to harm their own group rather than help an opposing group
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215633119

They're convinced that 'undeserving' people are getting Social Security & Medicare. There is fraud but they insist 'illegals' are getting these benefits. They're NOT. Or, that SS or Medicare/Medicaid are paying for abortions. They're NOT.

Will they vote against themselves to stop 'those other people' from getting the benefits? YES.

These relatives of mine who ALLEGEDLY "love" me, vote AGAINST me every damned time they vote Republican. It's PERSONAL FOR ME. Because they're against abortion, or those "other people" getting benefits, or 'guvmint' control, they vote Republican. THEY enjoy full social security at 65. BUT I SUFFERED CUTS TO MINE because of the way they've voted over the years. MY retirement age is 67 and when I DO get there, I get LESS than they got at 65.

IT'S PERSONALLY DEVASTATING AND DAMAGING FOR ME.

AND, if their beloved Republicans get their way, I'll wait longer and get even LESS or NOTHING when it's my time to collect.

THEY'RE FINE WITH THAT.

Here's the thing: Nobody in my immediate family is at risk of ever needing an abortion, nor are they (regardless what they're told on Facebook) subject to excessive 'guvmint' control. And "illegals" are not getting social security.

BUT SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY is at RISK of destitution in their old age BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY VOTE. They're literally voting for this person to have LESS or NO social security or medicare benefits when it's their time. The same ones THEY got - they want to be denied to ME.

YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO SOMEONE YOU "LOVE".

And I take that VERY PERSONALLY.

So all that bullshit about how they "love' me?

BULLSHIT!

ACTIONS speak. WORDS are worthless.