I don’t think it’s that simple. I don’t think that most conservatives want to do that, per se, they don’t have the desire to oppress others.
But as far as I can remember from a YouTube series from some years ago, the conservative world view is a very hierarchical one in which everyone has their place. So to conserve the “natural order” some people (especially that pesky lower class, or the homeless, or those LGBT+ people, or women… Take your pick) need to be kept in check.
Oppression is a means to do that. It’s a tool, and it’s useful to get people in line, and to restore that kind of order gives a feeling of superiority and satisfaction in a “everything is back in its place” kind of way.
So yes, if that’s their mindset, I also agree that they truly believe that they’re having their rights taken away, i. e. their right to preserve the hierarchy.
Is the video series you’re thinking of the Alt-Right Playbook, by Innuendo Studios? Because that was something that really helped me to understand how conservatives think — I hadn’t realised just how central “zero-sum thinking” is to their ideology
I don’t think it’s that simple. I don’t think that most conservatives want to do that, per se, they don’t have the desire to oppress others.
But as far as I can remember from a YouTube series from some years ago, the conservative world view is a very hierarchical one in which everyone has their place. So to conserve the “natural order” some people (especially that pesky lower class, or the homeless, or those LGBT+ people, or women… Take your pick) need to be kept in check.
Oppression is a means to do that. It’s a tool, and it’s useful to get people in line, and to restore that kind of order gives a feeling of superiority and satisfaction in a “everything is back in its place” kind of way.
So yes, if that’s their mindset, I also agree that they truly believe that they’re having their rights taken away, i. e. their right to preserve the hierarchy.
Needless hierarchy is just an excuse to oppress.
Yeah, I guess that’s pretty much what I was trying to get across, thanks.
So it is that simple. You went on a word salad just to conclude that it is that simple.
That wouldn’t be my conclusion, no.
But, well, I may have “gone on a word salad”, if you say so. It made sense to me.
I don’t understand the aggressiveness, though.
Is the video series you’re thinking of the Alt-Right Playbook, by Innuendo Studios? Because that was something that really helped me to understand how conservatives think — I hadn’t realised just how central “zero-sum thinking” is to their ideology
I believe the series you are references is The Alt-Right Playbook series by Innuendo Studios. Fantastic series that i recommend everyone watch
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ
That’s the one, thank you!