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minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 days agoWhen things get tough and people get anxious their bigotries come out. Nationalism and right-wing ideologies always take off in times of stress.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days agoYeah, bigotry is basically an autoimmune disorder of the body politic
minus-squareCalmChaos72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThis seems so simple and obvious, but I never thought of it that way. Well said!
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoBecause people want (need?) someone to blame, and the easiest person to blame is someone who isn’t like themselves.
When things get tough and people get anxious their bigotries come out. Nationalism and right-wing ideologies always take off in times of stress.
Yeah, bigotry is basically an autoimmune disorder of the body politic
This seems so simple and obvious, but I never thought of it that way. Well said!
Because people want (need?) someone to blame, and the easiest person to blame is someone who isn’t like themselves.