• Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      How to get imagined social status:

      1. Look up to an authoritarian shitheel
      2. Imagine your love for them would be reciprocated in their love for you
      3. Act like “I’m one of the good ones” and oppress people who are like you but don’t perfectly match up to the idealised figure of the authoritarian leader

      Oppressing others is a win/win for people who enjoy pretending to important AND bullying others, and I can’t see it ever completely going out of style.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I don’t know their views on that, it’s never come up. I know they really hate black people, which is the primary impetus behind their support of trump. They like to use the word “native” to describe them, thinking they’re oh-so-subtle and secret with that shit, similar to the “let’s go brandon” vibe.