• The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    Also Rowling’s argument is intrinsically conservative. “We fought hard for these rights. Giving these same rights to others erodes them”

    Its literally viewing treating people as equals as a zero sum game. It’s viewing liberty not as the freedom to live without interference from outside forces, but instead as existing in a privileged position over others

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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      5 months ago

      “zero sum game”

      A while back I realised how this component works in many (all?) conservative mindsets and it really changed how I understood the difference between me and people who are conservative — they really do feel that others can’t gain without someone else losing.