this is why high school pep rallies were invented-- it takes a special kind of stupid to bleat about “individual liberty” while pledging your soul to a party of collectivist ultranationalism which “others” everyone who doesn’t toe the line
For them thats not a bug, thats a feature. “Zero sum” is baked into the foundation of conservative ideology and policy. For them to win, you have to lose. If you we are winning somehow, that must mean they are losing somehow and to them that is not acceptable even if they have no way of quantifying or qualify how they would be losing.
Team sports.
“My team win, your team lose.”
The extent of their thought process.
this is why high school pep rallies were invented-- it takes a special kind of stupid to bleat about “individual liberty” while pledging your soul to a party of collectivist ultranationalism which “others” everyone who doesn’t toe the line
you are free to do as we say, or else
“We are free to do what we want, and we are free to tell you what to do.”
“Freedom to do what we want! Freedom for you to do what we want.”
More like if their team win EVERYONE loses.
For them thats not a bug, thats a feature. “Zero sum” is baked into the foundation of conservative ideology and policy. For them to win, you have to lose. If you we are winning somehow, that must mean they are losing somehow and to them that is not acceptable even if they have no way of quantifying or qualify how they would be losing.