leftascenter

So you read one study, and didn’t know social science are about mean changes overe a population and not absolute changes on individuals.

Good start, now I’ll let you dig some more on the issue.

One of several studies:

https://docs.iza.org/dp7934.pdf

Yes.

But foremost, money makes you an asshole, as measured with people who had little/no control over their wealth (e.g. lottery winners.)

Capitalism is built on the notion that wealth is virtue.

That’s one of the excuses. Whatever period and place, there is a different ideology provided to explain the concentration of wealth.

Details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_and_Ideology

Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?

For the rich: money reduces empathy. There a a few funny studies on the matter, including one on lottery winners. Plus the very wealthy live in their own bubble.

For the poor: propaganda. Lack of education in logic, sociology, macroeconomics, human relationships. A complete education is not all math and literature and hard science.

trying everything they can to harm people who need any sort of assistance?

The power-hungry want power, control, coercion. Through media power, cronyism they allied with the ultra rich who have power and want docile workers.

The dominated Republicans are fighting the ghost of people abusing the system, afraid of change, hiding in conservatism, backing into 1930s racism. They didn’t think the powerful Republicans would cut their help, only do something about their fears.

Pretend I am rich? Like how much money am I getting back by Republicans kicking men off healthcare or destroying insurance for those who need it most. It must be alot right?

It’s not about economics: healthcare and general welfare have a net positive impact, up to the point of housing homeless people costs globally less than having them on the street.

Personal gain is really at stake only when said service is repurchased by friends of the government, e.g. medical research, police, military, roads anything can go. Helping the poor can’t really be sold. Policing them, yes.

I agree with the first part but simplify the “why they’d do it”:

• it’s easier to choose with nice marketing
• corruption.
• being able to externalize IT.

As for the rest, from what I’ve seen:

• Web infrastructure relies on open source. Military critical OSs are a custom from open source. Security is best working from open source.
• You can pay the same maintenance fee for open source programmers for chasing your targets, leading to Ubuntu, opensuse, LibreOffice teams.
• upgrade is debatable. In the end i’d guess you’re more often better off with your hardware or national servers, but that’s related to security.

Consumers will like it, then enshitificaction. Also your data anywhere in the world.