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Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)

submitted 1 year ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do their voters want them to "hurt the right people" in the first place? And why do they go along with it rather than trying to persuade them not to or targeting a different demographic or anything else? ~Cherri

[–] sirvesa@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

There is a free book by a psychologist out there called The Authoritarians which might help explain it.