Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?message-squaremessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down110
arrow-up1210arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79arrow-down2·4 days agoReactionary ideology is all about protecting privilege by demonizing marginalized people. They believe in zero-sum rights and privileges: in their view, expansion of rights for another group inherently means a loss of rights for them.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down5·4 days agoBingo. Conservatives believe that if someone outside their group is given anything, they lost that thing. It’s stupid simple, zero-sum game theory is the only thing they believe in. Lemmy: “It’s RACISM!” No, it’s far simpler than that.
Reactionary ideology is all about protecting privilege by demonizing marginalized people. They believe in zero-sum rights and privileges: in their view, expansion of rights for another group inherently means a loss of rights for them.
Bingo. Conservatives believe that if someone outside their group is given anything, they lost that thing.
It’s stupid simple, zero-sum game theory is the only thing they believe in.
Lemmy: “It’s RACISM!”
No, it’s far simpler than that.
It’s also racism.