Interest Groups

 

I keep hearing left-wing commentators lamenting that women, or blacks, or the working class, are foolish to vote for Trump, because they are “voting against their interests.” Anna Kasparian, recently gone independent, laments during an interview that “neither party any longer represents my interests.”

This is not how a good person talks.

A good person, and a responsible citizen, does not vote for their self-interest. They vote for what they believe is best for the country as a whole. They vote for the policies that they believe are just.

It is a striking testament to our depravity that this keeps passing without comment.