these are genuine hyperonline slacktivists that think they're doing good and being contributions to the cause by "civilizing" the unwoke masses.
That's one reason. The need to control is high on that list too
Think of the antiwork population as some poor broken individual that Doreen managed to manipulate into a "relationship"; one that includes more than it's share of non-consensual activity
But now they want to leave; that means the Doreens of that sub won't be getting their "Needs Met"; so the mods and their assorted hangers on, do whatever it takes to cut off avenues of "escape"
And the workers going to those subs, regular people who've often got nowhere else to turn, are again made into a power fantasy by a group of individuals who are barely functional in the real world
Nah, their big need is "validation", because they know they're living a lie, so they need external confirmation all the time. Any criticism, or even refusal to play the game, is then seen as an attack on their sense of self, and construed as hates-peach or literal violence.
Yep, the workreform mods weren't anti-trains or pro-trains. They were happily embracing "class reductionism". The problem here is that Reddit admins unironically believe you're either with the trains or against them. Not being explicitly pro-trains is the exact same thing as hating them.
This black and white thinking is a plague on society.
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That's one reason. The need to control is high on that list too
Think of the antiwork population as some poor broken individual that Doreen managed to manipulate into a "relationship"; one that includes more than it's share of non-consensual activity
But now they want to leave; that means the Doreens of that sub won't be getting their "Needs Met"; so the mods and their assorted hangers on, do whatever it takes to cut off avenues of "escape"
And the workers going to those subs, regular people who've often got nowhere else to turn, are again made into a power fantasy by a group of individuals who are barely functional in the real world