• gapbetweenus@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I guess it’s a good coping mechanism to not face your own problems. Also you always have something to do and you feel involved.

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      I do think it gives them a bigger narrative to be a part of. I suspect that’s a big draw too. It’s just a really shit narrative.

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        1 year ago

        Good point. I think one thing modern world (maybe it was always this way) is kind of lacking providing people with meaning. Sure you are free to search and create your own, which is undoubtfully great. But some people need others people stories to make any sense of that mess we call life.

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      It’s not about that… I don’t know why it’s so hard to understand the psychology here. They feel strongly that something is wrong and want to fight it. That’s it.

      Again, not supporting it at all but you should at least understand that they are not so different from us. They just grew up around hate for these things and continue to feel hate for these things.

      If they would have grown up in a different environment, I don’t think they would even care about any of this.

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        Sure there are people who were just socialised into far right ideology, but there are also ones that arrived there later in life. Humans are complex. psychology ist messy and not very well understood. But feeling deeply unhappy and projecting on an out-group, are definitely something they all have in common.

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        I think it’s much simpler than that. People who feel inadequate look for outside forces to blame.