• stoly@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Psychopathy. It’s really that simple. People aren’t people, they are objects in the environment to manipulate.

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      My mum is like this. She’s in her late 70s now, it’s getting worse and becoming a real problem in our relationship. She has this almost hysterical fear and dislike of immigrants, but she can’t really say why. Just random stuff about how they are taking away our traditional way of life. She lives in a very white area, I live in a multicultural inner city, and on the rare occasions she visits she is shocked - “Look, she’s wearing one of those hijab things!”

      She was always politically naive and a bit racist but never this bad. I suspect it’s largely due to the media she consumes and the people she hangs out with.

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Being completely insulated. Living in a strictly white community with conservative norms easily allows people like this to flourish.

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        Nah, this is far more intentional and less subtle. This is to get attention, for show. To get the ear of Donald Trump and his ilk.