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Putting people into labeled silos, especially if you can get people to accept those labels and thus the confines of their silo, makes them easy to control. 'Sec
by Mountain_Skies 5y ago
Putting people into labeled silos, especially if you can get people to accept those labels and thus the confines of their silo, makes them easy to control. 'Security Moms', 'NASCAR Dads', 'Woman in Tech', 'Gay Teens', etc. are all ways of pigeonholing people into easily manipulated groups.
- malwrar 5y agoI think people just feel soothed when they belong deeply to a group, especially when there’s some external evil enemy you can trace all your problems to. I used to fantasize about going to an island somewhere with a bunch of people just like me and just quietly live with people who got me. I used to hate republicans, the people who murdered “gay teens” like me, and generally everyone who represented the status quo. I feel like my perspective was totally warped by this, and that I missed out on a lot life because of it.
- nix23 5y agoAbsolutely true and let's start with that: Democrats and Republicans