Subnostr

It may be a partially subconscious motivation, or the result of some willful ignorance, but I think there is a deep seeded fear & self loathing, & a desire for others to be as weak & powerless as many of them feel which makes up the real motivation. You could feel like you're on the same team as people working to protect your community by arming yourself. But instead their desires are always destructive: disarm the people, eat the rich, etc.

Chris Liss 2y ago

Agree it comes from self-loathing and fear, but if tomorrow all their peers told them guns were good, they’d be advocating for more guns. (They still wouldn’t protect their communities, but what they’re for and against is solely about belonging IMO.) They have no principles whatsoever beyond that.

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Jeff Swann 2y ago

I'm not so sure. I think mindless following tends toward the most evasion of responsibility possible. Which means they are much less likely to advocate any position that involves being responsible for their own protection or building their own safety nets or anything else. I think they will shift quickly toward any destructive or parasitic thing that becomes socially acceptable, but they will not shift quickly or easily in the other direction.

Chris Liss 2y ago

You might be right about that.