This is whiny, morally craven bullshit -- a very specifically *Republican* form of whiny, morally craven bullshit.
https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1453051560796303360
It is extremely characteristic of reactionaries, when faced with a collective problem, to *immediately* fear being taken advantage of.
Another approach might be: let's lead! Let's be heroes. This thing is going to hurt us all, so we're going to step up no matter what others do.
Another approach might be: let's lead! Let's be heroes. This thing is going to hurt us all, so we're going to step up no matter what others do.
Thing is, you could show Manchin data about the investments China is making in clean tech. You could try to refute his point about unfairness empirically. But it's *not drawn from empirical evidence*. The reactionary's feeling of being treated unfairly is primary, pre-verbal.
The reactionary always thinks someone, somewhere is getting one over on him. "They're laughing at us," as Trump always used to say. They will always push for more selfishness, higher walls, less mutual aid, but none of those things will ever make the feeling go away.
If a reactionary could ever build his perfect fortress country, with impregnable walls, hoarding all its own resources, helping no one else ... he still wouldn't feel safe. He'd still be haunted by the same fear. So the reactionaries would turn on one another, divide & divide.
In short, lots of people would rather allow the world to burn than to get fucking therapy.
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