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Site altered title “ALL HAIL CHAIRMAN TRUMP! WITH HIS GLORIOUS 10% PURCHASE OF INTEL, THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF AMERICA ENTERS A BOLD NEW ERA” -- California governor Newsom riles Republicans with Trump-trolling posts

https://www.barrons.com/news/meme-lord-newsom-riles-republicans-with-trump-trolling-posts-05b74794
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u/Silver-Bread4668 1d ago

They just hate. Full stop.

The Republican propaganda machine has tapped into that by giving them something to hate. Black people. Gay people. Immigrants. Anyone other than themselves. Anyone they are told to hate.

Even though the hatred is build on bullshit, the threat to those groups that it creates of thin air is very real and tangible. We can't not defend ourselves or our loved ones that are affected.

And so the filthy peasant class gets stuck fighting amongst themselves, even though many can clearly see the bullshit for what it' is, while the rich get richer. If I didn't hate it so much I'd say it's a pretty fucking brilliant strategy.

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u/Umutuku 1d ago

They aren't willing to challenge themselves in any way that leads to personal growth.

They still have that evolutionary desire to grow/risk/progress, but they're afraid of it.

The only way they can temporarily shake the feeling that they aren't getting better is by convincing themselves that other people are worse than them in ways that they aren't willing to risk validating.

They can't feel better about themselves so they have to feel unjustifiably worse about others in order to make themselves feel better relative to them.

Bigotry is the coward's narcotic.

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u/overlyambitiousgoat 1d ago

Pretty much.

I grew up in that rural conservative culture, and looking back on it now it's clear that my whole life in that space revolved around using hate to A) repair my own ego, and B) deepen relationships with other conservatives by bonding over our shared hatred of <insert out group>.

If you would have told me at the time that I was a hateful person, I would have sworn on a bible that you were absolutely wrong. But looking back now, it's very clear that my whole internal mental life orbited around a dense, black hole of hate and unresolved anger.

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u/broodkiller 1d ago

Perhaps the worst part is that the hate is just a means for self-enrichment for those peddling it. LBJ put it nicely and succinctly:

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

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u/the_ai_wizard 1d ago

Brother, you voted Biden. I dont think your discernment is worth much.

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u/fonistoastes 1d ago

no one cares what you think

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u/LuminalOrb 1d ago

Someone just broke down how the root of conservative reactionary thought is hate and you mention Biden? In what way did anyone who voted for Biden do it to "own the conservatives" or holding a flag up for hatred?