Lou Plummer 💖Here is 2025 in a nutshell
Nina Felwitch 
@amerpie Millions of people all over the world looked at each other and went "My life is shit. So instead of voting for someone who could actually make it better, I'll vote for someone who'll make someone else's life even worse!" and then proceeded to vote for their local fascists.
Judge Earl P. Thayton@ninafelwitch @amerpie The internet says:
"Shame vs. guilt cultures differ in their moral compass: guilt cultures (often individualistic, Western) focus inward on personal conscience and rules (you broke a rule, feel bad); while shame cultures (often collectivistic, East Asian/Mediterranean) focus outward on societal perception, honor, and "saving face" (you acted dishonorably, bring shame to group)."
I feel like we need to acknowledge SPITE cultures, too... That's what's driving the USA.
WesDym@Judge_Earl_P_Thayton I think it's a pathological transference of guilt in this case. We feel guilt about our past, but subconsciously, so we transform that into projected ire towards others who invoke those feelings in us. Racial injustice is wrong, but if we admit that, then we have to address centuries of injustice, and that's painful. So instead, we make THEM the villains, and try to purge our self-loathing through them as effigies of our guilt, like abusive partners. It's ugly and terrible.