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Thats totally it. They think “they’ll be them one day”. Ironically the ones who think this are usually total losers who’ve never done anything meaningful in life.
“I guess the trouble was that we didn’t have any self-admitted proletarians. Everyone was a temporarily embarrassed capitalist.”
I haven’t seen someone get that quote correct in years
This. Temporarily embarrassed billionaires. People “identify as” wealthy so they behave like wealthy people.
They see the billionaires blaming the poors without realizing they are the poors.
“If your net worth is under 100 million, what are you even doing with your life? You’re just a drain on the economy!”
True, and there is no supernatural reward for suffering in this one existence either. No ledger of wrongs to be balanced in a fantasy realm, so enjoy being conscious stardust in the blip of time we have, and be excellent to each other!
They will actively cheer for puppy drowners if they are the quarterback for a favored team.
Stoking and then preying upon the hope of people with less than you is a pretty established and reliable tactic.
Demographic undertones are the key. Point at a race, gender, religion, sexuality, etc. and say that they’re trying to take away what little you have. It creates a fear response that turns to anger.
That brand of anger is the kindling for fascism.
not to burst the bubble but JD Vance absolutely destroys this narrative. you do occasionally get massively rewarded for your sycophancy
Let’s see if it works out like the last vice president.
Vance wouldn’t have done what Pence did.
Some will do anything as long as you let them kick down
Oh there is a reward alright, ask the Jews for Hitler what it is
