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I honestly believe people aspire to be rich assholes so they don't want to demonize the rich assholes because they want that to be them one day.
by 9283409232 2y ago
I honestly believe people aspire to be rich assholes so they don't want to demonize the rich assholes because they want that to be them one day.
- code_for_monkey 2y ago"elon musk cares about free speech" yeah and your dad is coming back with those cigarettes any day now
- danaris 2y agoI think there's another explanation that works just as well to explain the observed behavior: A large percentage of people genuinely buy into the "just world" fallacy, regardless of whether they consciously recognize this. They believe that if someone is in a position of power, they deserve to have that power. Of course, many of them also believe that, variously, the world is inherently just, people are inherently good, or the world's structure is ordained by a loving God. Therefore, these people deserving power isn't just Fated, it's also because they're better people. Smarter, better leaders, possessed of the qualities that fit one to rule. Therefore, "the people in power are smart, have the best interests of the many at heart, and are worth listening to" is effectively axiomatic for a great many people in our society.
- 9283409232 2y agoI took religious studies in college and one consistent thing across most stories in religion is that the kings, emperors, and other people in powerful positions are almost always evil and commit heinous atrocities so people not being to draw the parallel to people living today is disappointing to say the least.