“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    “This tiny group of people are responsible for all the terrible things in your life. I will punish them for you.”

    It works for immigrants, too. Manufactured outrage is a useful tool for amassing political power.

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      It’s previously been used against women, Jews, Muslims, gay people, gypsies, communists, any number of groups. Give the people a group to hate so they don’t start side-eying the small minority who have everything while the rest of us work and starve.

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      Outrage is also preferable because angry people don’t think rationally. Eventually they get addicted to dopamine from outrage and therefore want to stay angry. We are here.

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      To be fair, there is this tiny group of people who are responsible for a lot of terrible things in my life, but they never seem to get punished. They might temporarily get voted out, but they keep coming back.