i've had this discussion a lot with center-lib types on all sorts of topics, particularly about "what do we do about fascists"
and the thing they can't/won't reconcile with is that people can and will follow the 'rules' to hurt others and undermine society
and the thing they can't/won't reconcile with is that people can and will follow the 'rules' to hurt others and undermine society
so long as it's done with paperwork, lobbying, elections, and all the 'proper' methodology, a lot of people will welcome people destroying the world and oppressing others, because they did it without bloodying their own knuckles
there's a sort of unspoken faith that if there's REALLY a problem, somebody with the proper authority will just step in and fix it, and they'll also do it 'properly' - with paperwork and so on
it's really quite stunning how fascists and the overwhelmingly wealthy realized they can just follow the rules/change the rules to get away with their goals and many people will be okay with it because it was done the 'right' way
everybody thinking that it's only bad if jeff bezos gets his wealth by physically mugging workers or some shit instead of just manipulating laws and conditions to be able to do what he wants
