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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This all has a simple cause at the root: conservative worldview assumes that life is a zero-sum game, and for one person or group to prosper, others must lose.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's not even that complicated. A comservative doesn't care if anyone else loses, as long as they feel like they win.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Perhaps, but to expend effort on getting someone to lose and themselves to win, they must believe that the balance works that way. If they believed that cooperation is a win-win situation and absence of cooperation is lose-lose, they would act differently.

    Conservative worldview stems from the belief that the resources are always limited, so if someone else is getting them then the conservative in question doesn't. If you extrapolate this presupposition, you can derive pretty much every single position that conservatives hold on any issue.

    Although it's funny that fiscal individualism, aiming to keep one's money to themselves, ends up benefitting corporations and rich bastards hoarding the wealth.

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