if there's a core MAGA belief it's that cruelty/violence/exclusion will improve their lives, that only Trump is strong enough to act, and every day we see more ways that's false, that all the wokeness and diplomacy they see as weakness is not only morally good but was also done out of self-interest

March 25, 2026 - 16:45 UTC

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They seem to lack self preservation instincts. That’s why they fall into the fear/rage spiral.
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One of the core failings of MAGA is that it fundamentally misunderstands the world to be zero sum.
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Exactly, and not just in that they don't believe in positive-sum interactions. As we're seeing now, they also don't believe in negative-sum ones. They think everything has a clear winner and a clear loser, so if you're not one you're the other.
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These are the same people who filled public swimming pools in the South with concrete, rather than share them with black folks.
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As long as other people are doing relatively worse than them it’s worth it
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Yes, @rodger.bsky.social is making the more interesting point that even if it is worth it to them so long as other people are doing relatively worse, they are acting in ways that don't EVEN do that for them. They're grabbing an enemy and diving off a cliff, when the enemy has a parachute, not them.
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