I say this a lot, but all humans are heavily biased towards believing their in-group. For some people that’s basically all that matters. I feel like authoritarians, right wing authoritarians, are especially prone to this. Facts and figures don’t matter. It’s the emotional core of “fit in with the group” and “outsiders BAD” that’s driving it, and all the justifications come afterwards.
I don’t want to say anything like they’re like animals or subhuman, because this behavior is extremely human. We all do it to some extent. It’s just for some people it’s so dominant, and their in-group is so dangerously stupid, it’s a real problem for all of us.
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
When you have a bunch of free thinkers who think whatever they’re told.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree, they suck, but one thing they aren’t wrong about and makes this all so difficult is that coalescing around one person allows you to consolidate power.
I wouldn’t say it is virtuous or we should emulate it but we have yet to see trump fail.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Free of thinking!