I think it’s more that reactionaries have an outsized belief in how good they personally are. Because they are so certain they’re a good person, what they’re doing can’t be bad even when they’d demonize someone else for it. This belief is reinforced in all the classic stick-up-your-ass conservative institutions: they go to church so they’re godly, they back the blue so they aren’t some criminal, they put their head down and grind at work so they deserve whatever they can get their hands on. It’s individualized exceptionalism.
Nah, I’m convinced when they’re alone they literally cackle “Ha ha ha! I am doing this for power and treats! I know this is fucked up but don’t care cuz I’m literally Lord Freeza!”
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I think it’s more that reactionaries have an outsized belief in how good they personally are. Because they are so certain they’re a good person, what they’re doing can’t be bad even when they’d demonize someone else for it. This belief is reinforced in all the classic stick-up-your-ass conservative institutions: they go to church so they’re godly, they back the blue so they aren’t some criminal, they put their head down and grind at work so they deserve whatever they can get their hands on. It’s individualized exceptionalism.
Nah, I’m convinced when they’re alone they literally cackle “Ha ha ha! I am doing this for power and treats! I know this is fucked up but don’t care cuz I’m literally Lord Freeza!”