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USA here. They'd likely consider this to be extremely patronizing, but I consider most conservative voters to be unaware of what it is they are actually preaching. It's crazy but the more extreme their views get, the more I'm convinced they're misinformed and misled. Some folks at the top of their pyramid I legitimately hate - I have no doubt they know exactly what they are doing.
So many of conservative beliefs just fly in the face of reality. I hate that they're perpetuating the harm that the beliefs and resulting policies cause, but seeing as how they are mostly based on clear and obvious lies, I have to assume that most of the supporters just don't realize they are being lied to and have invested emotionally in an identity that actively harms their own interests.
This is pretty much where I'm at too. I don't hate conservative voters, but I have such distain for conservative politicians for all the hate and pain they foment.
For most people I believe "no one is the villain of their own story" they believe they're doing the right thing with what information they are presented. For politicians, they're the fucking scum of the earth and I wish hell was real so those fuckers could rot in it.
This is my take also. I try not to think they're all idiots but more and more I'm just agog at the stupidity required to be conservative.
Conservatives seem to perpetually vote against their own interests.
Like my parents are pensioners, but will always vote for conservatives who will never increase their pension. They've been on this trajectory their entire lives.
I like the phrase "temporarily embarrassed millionaires". As in they think of themselves as wealthy and vote that way because it makes them feel like part of the club.
‘Most ignorance is willful’