That's been a weird talking point of online conservatives for a while now. They've been comparing voting for politicians who offer welfare as tantamount to slavery because... I think the idea is if you weren't on welfare, you'd have more money to make a stupid small business. It's leaked into hustle culture too. Immediate material needs are secondary to long term imaginary business goals.
From the people I've seen on Twitter, it seems more like "we can't offer people things in exchange for their vote, that's immoral. They have to vote for Dems just because they're the moral choice, and how it affects their lives doesn't matter"
That's been a weird talking point of online conservatives for a while now. They've been comparing voting for politicians who offer welfare as tantamount to slavery because... I think the idea is if you weren't on welfare, you'd have more money to make a stupid small business. It's leaked into hustle culture too. Immediate material needs are secondary to long term imaginary business goals.
From the people I've seen on Twitter, it seems more like "we can't offer people things in exchange for their vote, that's immoral. They have to vote for Dems just because they're the moral choice, and how it affects their lives doesn't matter"