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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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It is pretty wild. I really hope they're taking the piss because the alternative is kind of frightening for what it says about humans.
I think it mainly just says that humans prefer comfort and stability above everything else. These aren't people we're fighting in the streets, it's someone browsing an internet forum while they have their morning coffee. There's no risk to what they do when they "umm acktually" a tankie.
They want to be content, they want their life to be comfortable. They want to put in the least amount of effort possible to keep it that way. The reason Chinese peasants in the 1940s were so eager for theory is because it offered the promise of that stability their lives had been lacking.
As conditions worsen in the west we will start to see fewer and fewer of these status quo defending debatelords, as the status quo will become a less and less defensible position.