- 24 Jun 2017 16:59
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Many times we hear about interests. National interests and personal interests, the interests of the voters, the middle classes, the working classes, businesses.
Do a person's personal interests exist outside of their own perception? For example, if you are middle class, would it be against your interest to vote for a far left party? Or if you are working class, would it be against your interest to vote for the conservatives?
The reason I ask is because someone with lots of money may make the decision that a vote for the communists is actually in the interest of their nation and that they could comfortably adapt to the new system. And likewise a working class person may imagine a libertarian society and conclude that this is the type of system they want to live in.
Where are personal interests, are they set in stone and if so, what if they contradict your ideal vision for your own life and for your vision for your country?
Hypothetical scenario: I am an upper middle class to upper class person. The socialist party is going to tax me and may even nationalise my business. However the socialists also plan to build lots of apartments, better roads, schools and intend to build a more prosperous and unified country. I feel that crime will go down if the socialists are in government. The socialists are going to keep my country out of foreign wars. However the conservatives will not tax me, they will give me tax exemptions, but will cut spending to infrastructure, roads, schools and will increase class divisions. They will also involve the country in more useless wars. Which one is in my personal interest?
Do a person's personal interests exist outside of their own perception? For example, if you are middle class, would it be against your interest to vote for a far left party? Or if you are working class, would it be against your interest to vote for the conservatives?
The reason I ask is because someone with lots of money may make the decision that a vote for the communists is actually in the interest of their nation and that they could comfortably adapt to the new system. And likewise a working class person may imagine a libertarian society and conclude that this is the type of system they want to live in.
Where are personal interests, are they set in stone and if so, what if they contradict your ideal vision for your own life and for your vision for your country?
Hypothetical scenario: I am an upper middle class to upper class person. The socialist party is going to tax me and may even nationalise my business. However the socialists also plan to build lots of apartments, better roads, schools and intend to build a more prosperous and unified country. I feel that crime will go down if the socialists are in government. The socialists are going to keep my country out of foreign wars. However the conservatives will not tax me, they will give me tax exemptions, but will cut spending to infrastructure, roads, schools and will increase class divisions. They will also involve the country in more useless wars. Which one is in my personal interest?