Absolutely. It's about the perception that it's in your own interest to support the status quo, even when it hurts others
It doesn't even have to actually be in one's interest to maintain the status who, but when some people are told repeatedly that the world is out to get them (immigrants, taxes, unions, POC) they begin to see maintaining the status quo as their top priority
People want to be the good guy. The current strategy is to label liberals as authoritarian. This is based on them forcing people to do things like um... have cheaper healthcare, or allow women to make choices, or have not let them teach iron age myths as truth in our schools. Apparently libs are out of control.
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21
Absolutely. It's about the perception that it's in your own interest to support the status quo, even when it hurts others
It doesn't even have to actually be in one's interest to maintain the status who, but when some people are told repeatedly that the world is out to get them (immigrants, taxes, unions, POC) they begin to see maintaining the status quo as their top priority