My dad used to love the line, "when you start earning money you'll become a Republican too". Um, no. I debated him for decades and, much to his credit, it paid off. He's been a solid Dem voter for the last 3 elections. I'm very proud of him!

It’s fine to do it selfishly too, I want everyone to live a dignified existence because I think that world would be much more pleasant to exist in.

Nope, it's called empathy: being able to relate to the feelings someone ELSE is having, even though you are not.

SOLIDARITY MOTHERFUCKER!

And of course i should want to become a hooting howling fascist. For some reason.

And yet when I talk about treating everyone with dignity and respect, I get called a rapist

The bad thing is that this way of thinking is rare. I have friends that grew up dirt poor, then finally got some stability as adults ... only to become crazy conservatives that think everyone is lazy and wants handouts.

You haven't made enough money yet. H5i back and try again

You could also call it logic.

Or empathy.

Or heck just contrarianism.

Lots of room on the anti-capitalism bus.