Perhaps financially stressed people are both financially stressed and susceptible to right wing nonsense because they are under-educated, and they are under-educated because they are financially stressed.
I say this as someone from a lower class family who dropped out of highschool and at my most financially desperate, voted for the most batshit rightwing asshole my country had to offer at the time. I have since gone to college, gained a stable financial position and highly skilled career, and now wants free university for all (even though I paid for mine), UBI (even though I don’t need it), abolition of landlords (even though I don’t rent anymore), and a prime minister as left as left goes.
Perhaps financially stressed people are both financially stressed and susceptible to right wing nonsense because they are under-educated, and they are under-educated because they are financially stressed.
I say this as someone from a lower class family who dropped out of highschool and at my most financially desperate, voted for the most batshit rightwing asshole my country had to offer at the time. I have since gone to college, gained a stable financial position and highly skilled career, and now wants free university for all (even though I paid for mine), UBI (even though I don’t need it), abolition of landlords (even though I don’t rent anymore), and a prime minister as left as left goes.
People are highly situational. There is a reason billionaires want to make the situation worse.