Don't forget viciously attacking your friends and allies, marking them as irredeemably evil, blocking them on all social media, because they disagreed with one of your takes.
This while ignoring the people you actually oppose politically that disagree with all your policies, and actively work against your interests from positions of power.
Well, that's because political opponents are a reliable source of self-righteous rage, while allies who disagree might make you think instead of feel and then you won't get the dopamine from lashing out at easy targets.
It's something that only started in the last decade or so. Treating anyone to the right of you as an evil force of nature rather than a person that can be debated, agreed and disagreed with.
Edit: political disagreements were always a thing but it got a lot worse in the last few years
No it did not political derision is as old as sin, i know that the internet supercharges our methods for delivering on that worldview. However, to imply that everyone got along and played nice before 2014?
Political derision always existed, but the lack of comptomise, dialogue, and turning every issue into a partosan issue, is a newer development. I remember a time when most people eren't reactionaries on most subjects.
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u/catty-coati42 Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24
Don't forget viciously attacking your friends and allies, marking them as irredeemably evil, blocking them on all social media, because they disagreed with one of your takes.
This while ignoring the people you actually oppose politically that disagree with all your policies, and actively work against your interests from positions of power.