General Discussion

There are a lot of people who start going MAGA after they leave hardship. There's a line from one of Laz's favorite song about neuro-divergancy and struggling to fit in.
"If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor"
You talk to a MAGA, and even when you bring out the teachings of their supposed Religious Mascot, it always comes up that they're terrified of having to give up any of their stuff, any of their comfortable lifestyle - to people they don't know and might be undeserving.
Doesn't matter if their parent came over and only got citizenship via Reagan's Amnesty. Doesn't matter if they used Johnson's Great Society programs, or the most successful Socialist Meritocracy organization in the World to advance into Middle Class (the US. Military)....
They got theirs, they won't give up a dollar to help anyone else if it might cause any inconvenience to them or the friends they aspire to hang out with.
On edit - even my SIL, who is one of those "sweet as pie" Small Town Christians who fancy themselves to not be racist because they have black friends an co-workers - and works for a Disability program...decided not to vote this time at all instead of vote for Harris, because the Democrats would increase her household taxes to unsupportable and force States to allow undeserving people to get State taxpayer money or resources (Free food, housing, phones, utilities, and addiction services) to support their bad habits even if they break the Law under some sort of "Equal Rights" concept that just spoils them.

She actually believes (and is afraid) that Democrats will eventually force her household to give some of their property to the State to pay for homeless, druggies/mentally unstable, or otherwise "not American" poor foreigners to take over the US workforce and culture - making life harder for her, while making life easier for them.