Question for white male Dems

[Sympthsical]

137. I'm less a fan of the altruism angle

Really from anyone. "I'm X because I care about everyone so hard. Do you see how much I care? So much caring."

It's an ego thing that's just a little eye rolling.

I'm a Democrat because I'm as self-interested as every other voter. I like having equal rights. I like having healthcare. I like an economy where I'm getting paid for my labor. I like the idea that I'll be able to retire some day. I like having medical autonomy.

Helping people is awesome. I'm in the medical field - helping everyone's the job. But I'm not going to pretend I wasn't also sniffing out the fat paycheck. And yeah, I think the policies I prefer will help lots of other people as well.

But I just hate the framing. "Why are you bravely resisting the siren call of the white man?"

Uh, easy. I wanna get paid. There is the weird self-image of heroic self-sacrifice, and it's like, no. You're just as self-interested as everyone else. It's truly that simple. It's just a matter of where people think their self-interest lies.