FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldM to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoBurden of ignorancelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down111
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minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoIt starts with unhappiness and the belief that you are always right. Then it goes to “it’s okay to do bad things because I’m a good person.” Then things degrade from there under any leader that tells you what you want to hear.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI wouldn’t describe myself as having grown up happy, nor do I imagine a lot of the privileged and wealthy who now push extreme beliefs were unhappy.
It starts with unhappiness and the belief that you are always right. Then it goes to “it’s okay to do bad things because I’m a good person.” Then things degrade from there under any leader that tells you what you want to hear.
I wouldn’t describe myself as having grown up happy, nor do I imagine a lot of the privileged and wealthy who now push extreme beliefs were unhappy.