I think a lot of conservatives have this idea that the state, on average, is corrupt and wicked, and the force acting towards society’s betterment is actually the corporations. When I was more in that world, they would talk about the government pushing ‘political correctness’ and some weak businesses were caving (like when Burger King did that rainbow burger special; that was a big deal to people around me) but brave business leaders who took a stand against this were the ones improving society. But they had a lot of other contradictory beliefs about the state. Like, the Patriot Act is an invasion of privacy, but it stops terrorists and if I have nothing to hide… Or the government is corrupt and evil, but if I vote hard enough maybe that’ll fix it. I’m starting to realize the people around me have not incorrect politics, but completely incoherent ones.
My favorite are the “the second amendment is there in case of government tyranny” folks who lose their minds the moment you suggest shooting at cops, who are the very definition of tyrannical government.
That one’s wild to me. Bc it’s not even like they rationalize individual cases of what the cops were doing, they’re horrified by the concept of shooting at cops at all, ever, and it’s like who do you think does the tyranny??
I think a lot of conservatives have this idea that the state, on average, is corrupt and wicked, and the force acting towards society’s betterment is actually the corporations. When I was more in that world, they would talk about the government pushing ‘political correctness’ and some weak businesses were caving (like when Burger King did that rainbow burger special; that was a big deal to people around me) but brave business leaders who took a stand against this were the ones improving society. But they had a lot of other contradictory beliefs about the state. Like, the Patriot Act is an invasion of privacy, but it stops terrorists and if I have nothing to hide… Or the government is corrupt and evil, but if I vote hard enough maybe that’ll fix it. I’m starting to realize the people around me have not incorrect politics, but completely incoherent ones.
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My favorite are the “the second amendment is there in case of government tyranny” folks who lose their minds the moment you suggest shooting at cops, who are the very definition of tyrannical government.
That one’s wild to me. Bc it’s not even like they rationalize individual cases of what the cops were doing, they’re horrified by the concept of shooting at cops at all, ever, and it’s like who do you think does the tyranny??