Just wondering what everyone thinks about this. In almost every place I've worked coworkers with right wing beliefs are never shy about giving their opinion and views on things.
The major talking points are usually variations of stuff like: we spend to much on beneficiaries and they should stop being lazy and get a job. That poor people have kids so they can get free money from the government. We need or be tougher on crime. Even absurd shit like being outraged that a homeless person had a smartphone and indulging in such lavishness is why they're homeless etc etc
Some of the shit I hear from otherwise seemingly lovely people is insane. I feel like I have to be so much more measured and have all my 'evidence' ready to defend my commie beliefs while these people can just say whatever bullshit they want and everybody just kinda nods in agreement.
Is this a normal thing in the Angloverse? Is it because their views are essentially the status quo already and they have just fully internalised the capitalist propeganda?
Please let me know
I think about this too, and i keep changing my mind about the social function their brains are performing but currently i believe it is them checking that the things they are saying are the 'correct' beliefs by sounding off what they heard as the truth and checking their worldviews veracity in the very scientific way we all do. By running it by their peers to see if it is ok. I don't even think it's aggressive, like pushing, It's a fishing expedition because they're not sure they believe it fully yet.