In hindsight this thread was a bad idea

  • BeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    8 days ago

    I associate the term with a particular strain of right-wing thought that tends to include support for stuff like

    • Eugenics (“humanity has gone bad because it let too many stupid people breed”)
    • Ecofascism (“humanity is a virus so it’s good if unchecked climate change kills hundreds of millions”)
    • Social darwinism (“We shouldn’t help someone who gets in trouble, it’s their own fault for being stupid”)
    • Support for police brutality/harsh criminal punishments (“Even if they didn’t do the crime they’re accused of, they probably did something bad”)
    • Selfish individualism (“Everyone else only cares about themselves, so why shouldn’t I?”)
    • Incel ideology (“All women are awful because they only fuck Chads and all Chads are awful too but we’re also awful because we’re 0/10 omega males, everyone and everything is awful”)

    In particular I think of that Norwegian guy (IIRC the one Varg Vikernes stabbed) who joined a communist party because he really liked the idea of gulags and secret police but ended up leaving in disappointment when he realized the communists actually wanted to help people.