They think happiness and living well is a zero sum game, meaning that for one person to be happy another has to be miserable.
if they see that someone’s getting something they’re not getting: “that’s not faaaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrr”
if they get something other people aren’t getting: “i earned it!!!”
I agree but that’s not limited to conservatism at all. Many liberals feel the same way in third person, outraged that anyone is wealthy if anyone else isn’t.
Literally just want them to pay taxes but okay.
A small amount of people are upset some people make a lot of money. A larger amount of people are upset others make 10,000x more than that.
Many liberals feel the same way in third person, outraged that anyone is wealthy if anyone else isn’t.
sure. link us some examples of this
My in-laws, but I’m afraid they don’t make tiktok videos or memes, sorry.
I am just outraged that some people are starving because they can’t afford food while other people have so much money that they don’t even know how they could spend it all.
I agree that’s a bad thing, but people’s standard for too much money is always more than their own wealth. Shouldn’t all of us who consistently have a roof over our heads and aren’t hungry feel like part of the problem too? It seems to me that anyone enjoying a DoorDash meal, when the delivery charge and tip could feed a whole family somewhere, should feel at least some guilt and not just point the finger.
They’re also incredibly terrified at all times and so if they see someone being happier than before their monkey brain says “it’s probably you who’s about to get got!” and they lose their minds.
To be fair that’s kind of true under capitalism.
Explain to me how two women kissing causes an unrelated person’s purchasing power to be reduced.
That’s a social issue and lies on a separate axis from economic issues. Unfortunately in the US the capitalists refuse to give the voters an economic left option, so we have to settle for a capitalist party that panders to bigots, and a capitalist party that pretends to not be bigoted.
Because they’ll spend their free time enjoying each other’s company instead of buying things they don’t need?!
Apologies, no context was provided so it seems I wrongly assumed it was related to quality of life in general, not social freedoms.
She’s trying to sell pictures of her kissing another woman and I’m out there giving it away for free /s
Don’t buy into the lie. Most happiness grows when shared. It’s important to have enough, but no material goods bring nearly as much happiness as the joys of other people
The key word is “enough”. Most people in the world spend the majority of their lives working to make money for someone else in order to put food on the table.
More money means more time available to spend with their loved ones, from which happiness is derived as you say.
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Because they’ve been conditioned to think that any type of good governance that prioritizes society is some type of evil, crafted by monsters that must be defeated. And they currently believe that such evil must be defeated by giving dictator powers to a criminal, rapist, treasonous, idiot, demented conman.
I would amend this slightly. There are certainly some that subscribe to what you wrote, but I think a larger percentage of them don’t go that extreme, but they do subscribe to the idea of “zero sum” for policy. So if they see any policy that benefits someone that is not themselves, the assume that that policy is taking something from themselves to make that policy happen. The net effect is that unless they see a direct tangible benefit to themselves then whatever policy in question must be defeated or discarded.
It’s a little more complicated than that. I think conservatism is driven by many existential fears that are so strong, denying reality feels safer than facing it.
The scariest thing about Conservatives is they are getting pressed against reality and the false narrative they cling to as the only possible explanation of reality.
Their lie is so ridiculous and so obviously ‘coming from inside the house’ that they will now protect it with everything they are.
The only hope is that they accept a conclusion of ‘I was right about everything, just the small detail of who was actually responsible needed a single puzzle piece to confirm’.
A lot of Christians are in an abusive relationship with one god that most humans don’t even believe exists. Do, say, children with cancer or natural disasters shake their faith? It seems to strengthen it. Idk.
was the original about beavers?
I wanna know what the original said
Just a google search of the username and “know what they’re doing” got me this
do beavers even know what they’re doing or do they just see water flowing down a river and think “absolutely not”
Source: https://x.com/socomplikatied/status/1380660959807733762
Not sure if it was the original but I’ve seen one where instead of conservatives it said “beavers” and instead of “people trying to be happy” it said “flowing water”.
I’ve seen that one as well.
The way the font keeps changing sizes is terrible and yet I’m sure they went through extra effort to make that happen.
The original was about beavers and flowing water.
They absolutely know what they’re doing.
Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction.
Yes. Just watch Lindsay Graham talk
Do you think well if I’m not doing this I should be in charge of this… And No one should be doing it
And no one should regulate anything except me
Misery loves company
Coming to a republic near you if you waste your vote ðis year.
Make your plan and see it þrough.
