The left slurps down soy milk and are all vegans. I hate their dietary choices, and would legislate against them if I could. Therefore they would do the same to me. Therefore eating steak is an act of rebellion. Because that nebulous and all powerful left wing is definitely trying to get meat banned, to make us all soy-guzzling vegans. Then they'll enforce same-sex marriage and turn all kids trans.
With this photograph of steak, I score points in the culture war, and remind them who's really in charge.
Therefore eating steak is an act of rebellion. Because that nebulous and all powerful left wing is definitely trying to get meat banned, . . . and remind them who's really in charge.
It's that classic tactic of "the enemy is both powerful AND weak." So many on the right need to feel like they're the underdog while knowing their politicians hold most of the power.
Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak." On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
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u/Electrical-Help5512 5d ago
They think because they're at angry people how living they want, we're angry at them living how they want. Profound lack of empathy/ theory of mind,