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From anime to systemic racism, remember that most things reactionaries say they don't actually believe. They're saying whatever is most convenient so they can ignore the thing you just said
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If you tell a reactionary that poor people are trapped in low paying jobs, they'll say "they can go to school and increase their earning potential". Ask that same reactionary why school comes with so much debt, they'll argue they shouldn't have gone if they couldn't afford it
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These are two clearly contradictory positions. But they don't care. Their actual position is "I don't really care if people are poor. I'm not and that's all that matters. Stop bothering me."