@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 day agoDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?message-square118fedilinkarrow-up1191
arrow-up1191message-squareDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 day agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish74•1 day 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-square@RedditRefugee69linkEnglish3•15 hours agoNot a loss of rights, a loss of advantages. They want to keep them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•1 day 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.
Not a loss of rights, a loss of advantages. They want to keep 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.