They aren't going to put two and two together. To them they earned it by paying taxes, it's only socialism to them if it's "free" (which literally nothing is)
The downside is those people have kids that didn't vote for this.
And while I'd like the people that did vote for this to understand what they supported, I really don't want them to starve either. It feels more cruel than helpful. If we're supporting basic human rights, which we should, that includes shitty people, for better or worse.
this is true. but the other replies are true too: they will say my kids are starving and it's the democrats fault
because in a post-truth world, right-wing claims don't need to be supported by reason, logic, evidence, or....anything. meanwhile claims from "the left" can be supported by mountains of research, facts, and literal "this object i have in my hand exists" evidence, and it's still considered "fake news"
Not too long ago, I got to hear a magamushbrain tell me how Taco was going to "hopefully" fix this terrible Biden economy. He was doing just fine under Biden, as was I (he was gainfully employed, had a house with a fixed mortgage, etc.). I asked him exactly what that meant. He said Taco was working to undo the oligarchy which was Biden's doing.
....we are in fucking lala land here, is all I could think to myself. Trying to talk sense to someone that thinks the economy was just fucking terrible under Biden but is now being righted by Taco? WTAF. I could have pulled out charts of the S&P doing the swan dive it did during the time this very conversation happened and it would not have meant anything at all.