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minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoReactionaries work according to a ruleset: “Rules apply to everyone who are not us, and everyone who is us, needs no rules.” They are hypocrites and a plague of the first order.
minus-squarevzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoThey are not hypocrites, they are fascists. Fascism prioritizes power over rationality or rules based order. They flaunt the fact that they don’t care about the rules because it’s a way to show they have power that others lack. It’s a domination thing.
minus-squareTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoHmm, no they’re also hypocrites, it’s not mutually exclusive
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoFascism and hypocrisy overlap often times. Power is not just ‘hard’, it’s also ‘soft’. Fascists often live in denial of that fact. If you as a “man” need a fist to make people listen - because you can’t do so by your own word, then you already lost.
Reactionaries work according to a ruleset: “Rules apply to everyone who are not us, and everyone who is us, needs no rules.”
They are hypocrites and a plague of the first order.
They are not hypocrites, they are fascists. Fascism prioritizes power over rationality or rules based order.
They flaunt the fact that they don’t care about the rules because it’s a way to show they have power that others lack. It’s a domination thing.
Hmm, no they’re also hypocrites, it’s not mutually exclusive
Fascism and hypocrisy overlap often times.
Power is not just ‘hard’, it’s also ‘soft’. Fascists often live in denial of that fact. If you as a “man” need a fist to make people listen - because you can’t do so by your own word, then you already lost.