I think enough people in the USA vote totally on their own selfish reasons now rather than the public good or what's accepted as the right thing to do. I'm not sure how else to explain away voting for a rapist, racist grifting bully with the most appalling language and attitude. I fear that it's going to take many years to roll this back.
We aren't quite as bad as that in the UK but give it time.
Surely most people in most countries will vote in their perceived self-interest?
even when it runs counter to what you consider is the right thing to do?
Surely doing what you think is the right thing is still self interest, depending on what value you put on your conscience.
that's not self interest, that's doing things for the common good where it deviates from your self interest.
For example I am married to a pensioner who has lost her wfa. I don't mind that as such because I pay for the fuel from my pension/income and she just used the wfa money for christmas presents. I consider the common good to be to get the economy back on track. I also support NI rises for employers as they are quite happy to make profits based on the workers, and would get rid of them in a heart beat with very little consultation if it fitted their plans. I also consider that me and my wife should be paying NI on our pensions because it is the right thing to do.
The common good is self interest in some sense, surely.
But what I mean is that if you end up hating what you are doing then you have not really gained anything.
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But what I mean is that if you end up hating what you are doing then you have not really gained anything.
Bank balance vs self respect.