• NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    No but strongman rhetoric makes people feel safer when their lives become increasingly perilous and uncertain, so we’re likely going to see it more often. It’s unfortunate but it’s kind of like a positive feedback loop of assholes making things worse for the people, which makes the people more desperate and open to the rhetoric that led to their worsening state.