there is a belief on the right that leftists are both sociopathic status-maximers and also fanatics who would die for insane causes
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Replying to @bigmastertroll @eigenrobot
These aren’t contradictory. The highest status of all in any myth or history is that of visionary leader or martyr - Narcissists don’t dream of being peacetime leaders, they fantasize about leading “revolutions”. Think about how much our society fetishes the word “revolution.”
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Replying to @JohnDDulin @eigenrobot
true, but then why *that* specific revolution - a lot of leftists seem to start in quite odd and unlikely to succeed causes. why egoists join successful movements isn't a difficult question but why they would be willing to join a failing one *purely* driven by status is harder
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Replying to @bigmastertroll @eigenrobot
People’s global dreams are a projection of their local dreams. Your starting point matters. The biggest dream of many rural Ohio kids is being an NFL player, because football is how they measure local status. Same goes for Marxist politics and... humanities students!
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yeah this is why people go to grad school classic trap
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