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https://twitter.com/sleepy_devo/status/2070501326014869541The point being, total avoidance of "collectivized punishment" is literally impossible if you define "collectivized punishment" as "political action that has negative outcomes for a group of people." Raising taxes & cutting benefits are both "collectivized punishments" for groups
https://twitter.com/MarrloEd/status/2067419029904482656It was inevitable that the 1st would override the 2nd, for multiple reasons, including that it's more emotional & visceral, individual autonomy is inherently self-weakening, & only the West believed in the 2nd imperative while both West & East believed in the 1st.
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/2066950206319387113The US had a ton of "de-policing" and "soft on crime" policies and intelligentsia culture in the 70's. It was actually worse than the Woke era in this regard. With no internet, they could get away with far more. The movie Dirty Harry was a reaction to this.
https://twitter.com/CynicalPublius/status/2066511570784460917The Post-War Consensus developed pretty much entirely as a reaction to the Nazis. Hence its obsession with minority rights & protections (even at the expense of the majority), and individuality & personal choice (even if they enable exploitation or cause total societal collapse).
https://twitter.com/morallawwithin/status/2061155181107020084
Also LoL at Pot of Greed guy replying w/ the exact same thing OP is talking about. "Racism against white people was an excuse for MISOGYNY." Except it was mostly used by "women of color."https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/2048969950912491967What has happened with "incel" is this tendency ran into semantic drift because the useful idiots picked it up without knowing that the emperor is naked & everyone is just pretending his suit is beautiful.
https://twitter.com/HariSel57511397/status/2047011184931385790So the ladies who want to push the boundaries wear something that's just a liiiittle shorter than the standard. The people who want no standard say, "Isn't this ridiculous?" Then it gets a little shorter. A little shorter.