Is it really that surprising? I thought it was well known that empathy is wholly antithetical to being a reactionary. The entire ideology is based on the inability and/or unwillingness to understand some else’s circumstances, perspective, culture, etc.
I think for a lot of common people they are repeating things that they’ve heard (as humans do), and as socialists, many of us have seen them do a bit of a stutter or something when they meet a mild challenge and hear what they’re saying out loud. I think that holds true for many people still.
What I think we forget is that the leaders and core components of the propaganda machine actually believe it to the bone, and have no issue saying it out loud.
Is it really that surprising? I thought it was well known that empathy is wholly antithetical to being a reactionary. The entire ideology is based on the inability and/or unwillingness to understand some else’s circumstances, perspective, culture, etc.
I think for a lot of common people they are repeating things that they’ve heard (as humans do), and as socialists, many of us have seen them do a bit of a stutter or something when they meet a mild challenge and hear what they’re saying out loud. I think that holds true for many people still.
What I think we forget is that the leaders and core components of the propaganda machine actually believe it to the bone, and have no issue saying it out loud.