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A recurring theme in reading about Thiel, Karp and their supporters is a sort of "kill or be killed" mentality - implied if not stated outright. Likewise I've s
by causal 11mo ago
A recurring theme in reading about Thiel, Karp and their supporters is a sort of "kill or be killed" mentality - implied if not stated outright. Likewise I've seen people say things like "well the other side was doing X anyway, so we should do it to them". It's disturbing to watch how easily fear and anger can be wielded to justify anything. Future generations, if they are lucky enough to learn from us, may well identify our addiction to anger as the great sin of our time.
- _yb2s 11mo agoThe "other side was doing X anyway, so we should do it to them" claim is always paired by first falsely accusing others of doing what they eventually intend to do. It's a deliberate strategy of manipulation that preemptively normalizes something that otherwise would look bad. I don't know if there is a name for this tactic, but it appears to be fairly novel, and I suspect it was invented by Roy Cohn, who was a mentor to Donald Trump. It's an incredibly effective manipulation strategy, and I am not sure how to counter it.
- causal 11mo agoIt's manipulation that closed communities recognize and call out and will ultimately expel people for doing. But if you happen to be born into extreme wealth you have something people need and normal social consequences no longer have the same potence.