They think happiness and living well is a zero sum game, meaning that for one person to be happy another has to be miserable.
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if they see that someone's getting something they're not getting: "that's not faaaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrr"
if they get something other people aren't getting: "i earned it!!!"
They’re also incredibly terrified at all times and so if they see someone being happier than before their monkey brain says “it’s probably you who’s about to get got!” and they lose their minds.
Here is the main problem summed up:
Political strategists on the right wing figured out that it's easier to gain power by making people angry and hateful than it is by doing great policy and giving people hope. Angry and hateful people mobilize easier and can be hardened to vote AGAINST an enemy instead of having to earn their vote by merit.
Armed with this strategy, media networks like Fox "News" have spent nearly 3 decades making millions of Americans angry, hateful and disinformed about proper governance and progressive efforts. By painting progress itself as danger, and every sensible politician as a monster, they are able to mobilize voters for the GOP and against everyone else, even when the GOP offers nothing in return by the way of good governance.
At this point, the average US disinformation-hardened conservative does think "absolutely not" about any mainstream modern idea for governing correctly and doing the right thing by citizens. Because they've been conditioned to think that any type of good governance that prioritizes society is some type of evil, crafted by monsters that must be defeated. And they currently believe that such evil must be defeated by giving dictator powers to a criminal, rapist, treasonous, idiot, demented conman.
We have many problems in this country, but the main one is malicious disinformation by right wing propaganda that has infected the culture and ruined the brains of tens of millions of Americans. And we are doing nothing to stop those disinformation propaganda networks, or even slow them down, under the misguided notion that "free speech" gives everyone a right to lie/con/defraud everyone else.
Because they’ve been conditioned to think that any type of good governance that prioritizes society is some type of evil, crafted by monsters that must be defeated. And they currently believe that such evil must be defeated by giving dictator powers to a criminal, rapist, treasonous, idiot, demented conman.
I would amend this slightly. There are certainly some that subscribe to what you wrote, but I think a larger percentage of them don't go that extreme, but they do subscribe to the idea of "zero sum" for policy. So if they see any policy that benefits someone that is not themselves, the assume that that policy is taking something from themselves to make that policy happen. The net effect is that unless they see a direct tangible benefit to themselves then whatever policy in question must be defeated or discarded.
It's a little more complicated than that. I think conservatism is driven by many existential fears that are so strong, denying reality feels safer than facing it.
The scariest thing about Conservatives is they are getting pressed against reality and the false narrative they cling to as the only possible explanation of reality.
Their lie is so ridiculous and so obviously 'coming from inside the house' that they will now protect it with everything they are.
The only hope is that they accept a conclusion of 'I was right about everything, just the small detail of who was actually responsible needed a single puzzle piece to confirm'.
A lot of Christians are in an abusive relationship with one god that most humans don’t even believe exists. Do, say, children with cancer or natural disasters shake their faith? It seems to strengthen it. Idk.
was the original about beavers?
I wanna know what the original said
Not sure if it was the original but I've seen one where instead of conservatives it said "beavers" and instead of "people trying to be happy" it said "flowing water".
I've seen that one as well.
Just a google search of the username and “know what they’re doing” got me this
do beavers even know what they’re doing or do they just see water flowing down a river and think “absolutely not”
Source: https://x.com/socomplikatied/status/1380660959807733762
The way the font keeps changing sizes is terrible and yet I'm sure they went through extra effort to make that happen.
The original was about beavers and flowing water.
They absolutely know what they're doing.
Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction.
Yes. Just watch Lindsay Graham talk
Do you think well if I'm not doing this I should be in charge of this... And No one should be doing it
And no one should regulate anything except me
Coming to a republic near you if you waste your vote ðis year.
Make your plan and see it þrough.
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