• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hate and fear of the unknown is the driving force behind conservative voters; greed for the political class.

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      Also the subconcious knowledge that they are where they are because their ancestors exploited other humans and the only way to not feel guilty about that is by continuing to see those other humans as “lesser” than them so it was okay what there ancestors did so it’s also fine if they are doing it

      because once you accept that your country is as wealthy as it is because of exploitation you have to decide if you are going to keep your lifestyle and continue that exploitation or if you are realizing that something like that is unacceptable and that that means that you likely have to cut down your lifestyle a bit

      conservatives are all about “nothing should change” but that fundamentally means continuing the exploitation and if you are aware of that and want to stay conservative then the road to racism is very short