Elon Musk is a fascist…
Peter Thiel is a fascist…
Donald Trump is a fascist…
Isn’t it weird how those most successful at capitalism are fascists? It’s almost as if capitalism is entirely compatible with and possibly even favours fascism or something…
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@aral I'm pretty convinced that (mostly unconscious) mindset level beliefs in "might makes right" are at the root of virtually all our problems as a species.
"Might makes right" is what colonizers believed in. They believed "conquering" other humans showed they were (wait for it) superior people. Authoritarians still do this overtly. We see it as silly, but the truth is many (probably most) of us still have some implicit biases around this.
Dominance based corporations give us news and entertainment that reinforce and normalize these beliefs: The result being that millions of people still believe that competition is what human survival is based on. It's not. Humans survive (and certainly only thrive) because we give and receive cooperation and compassion towards each other (as kids and adults).
@CJPaloma and if I'm not mistaken there's also the element of the Catholic Church's Doctrine of Discovery as documented by the papal bulls essentially supporting,/condoning slavery, imperialism, racism, etc.... I'm not supporting those outrageous documents, but highlighting that there was an element of it which had religious backing and how deep and how far in the past that such wrongs have been intricately tied together
Not familiar with that doctrine in particular, but for sure, religious (as well as legal, political and military) backing and endorsement of just horrible stuff goes waaay back in *some* cultures…
Probably not coincidentally: insane levels of hubris are also normalized in the majority of these "might makes right" cultures…(which systems scientist Riane Eisler calls "dominator societies").
Hubris helps make the true believers in the culture (usually those with the most privileges) pretty much impervious to how illogical and unhealthy their beliefs and values were/are.
That still stands…there are still far too many examples of highly privileged folks confidently spouting utter drivel about nonexistent meritocracies, all while they benefit from norms not built on merit at all. 🙄
@CJPaloma exactly! They all tie together in the most obscene ways regarding toxic cultures and true believers and the ties to privilege.
Here's a link to information about the Papal Bulls: https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/papal-bulls/
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