The conservatives i've spoken to (and know personally) suggest that we should be gutting social programs like Unemployment because they're the reason why people are demanding more money - it's too easy to get it "for free".
Curiously, this has become a theme. Nearly a meme, honestly. In every major debate i've spoken to them about, say Gun control and school shootings - the answer is to double down. Not less guns, but more! Give teachers guns! etc. Now i'm not interested in having this debate here, on any front, but i am curious about this line of thinking.
Is this "doubling down" observed by anyone else? If so is there something interesting at play? It feels odd to me that the response seems so frequently to dig in deeper. More guns. Less social protections. Less environmental protections. More oil. etcetc
Curiously, this has become a theme. Nearly a meme, honestly. In every major debate i've spoken to them about, say Gun control and school shootings - the answer is to double down. Not less guns, but more! Give teachers guns! etc. Now i'm not interested in having this debate here, on any front, but i am curious about this line of thinking.
Is this "doubling down" observed by anyone else? If so is there something interesting at play? It feels odd to me that the response seems so frequently to dig in deeper. More guns. Less social protections. Less environmental protections. More oil. etcetc