octopus_ink@lemmy.ml to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe rest of us are such bullies...lemmy.mlimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1931arrow-down130
arrow-up1901arrow-down1imageThe rest of us are such bullies...lemmy.mloctopus_ink@lemmy.ml to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squarebastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s natural for you to say “who welcomes me? Who attacks me?” and go with those who welcome you. That doesn’t make it effective at making the overall situation better.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhich is how Hitler recruited the brownshirts. You’d think people would learn this pattern as it’s repeated constantly through history, but alas.
minus-squarebastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYep. And it is easily rationalized as doing the right thing, until its too late to do differently.
It’s natural for you to say “who welcomes me? Who attacks me?” and go with those who welcome you.
That doesn’t make it effective at making the overall situation better.
Which is how Hitler recruited the brownshirts.
You’d think people would learn this pattern as it’s repeated constantly through history, but alas.
Yep. And it is easily rationalized as doing the right thing, until its too late to do differently.