Comment by Terr_

I highly recommend the video series "The Alt-Right Playbook" (in the sense of an expose, not a how-to) which has an episode dedicated to this, titled "Always a Bigger Fish". [0], which goes into how people might be talking "past" one-another.

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> Your conservative friend is often baffled as to what you're even trying to say when you point out there's not enough high-paying jobs or affordable health plans for everyone.

> There's not supposed to be. The system requires an underclass. Someone's gotta clean the toilets.

> Capitalism, then, is a proving ground: it's how you demonstrate where in the hierarchy you deserve to be. Do you have more than you need, or less?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzNANfNlTs&list=PLJA_jUddXv...