> If it was then 51% would enslave 49% so that they'd never have to work again, anything else would be voting against your own interests.
I don't want to live in a society where people are enslaved, so it is against my overall interests for that to happen, even if such a policy helps me materially.
Agreed, you're not "voting against your interests"; you're voting based on principle -- just as people think that the government should provide a welfare state, even if it lowers their standard of living they think it's wrong to steal from others to help themselves.
I don't want to live in a society where people are enslaved, so it is against my overall interests for that to happen, even if such a policy helps me materially.