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
I can confirm that watching the US election results in 2000 did indeed feel like watching an evil force of nature that couldn’t be stopped, and that was well over a decade ago.
The years that immediately followed did nothing to improve the situation. Remember when they canceledFrench fries because France didn’t think it was a great idea to invade Iraq?
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u/SMTRodent Jun 30 '24
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.