@Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 months agoDoes anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?message-square148fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down110
arrow-up1212arrow-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 • 2 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-square@Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish81•2 months 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@shalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•2 months 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-square@RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months 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.