Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 22 days agoDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?message-squaremessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1222
arrow-up1222message-squareDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83·22 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-up30·22 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.
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoNot a loss of rights, a loss of advantages. They want to keep them.
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.
Not a loss of rights, a loss of advantages. They want to keep them.