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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They are appealing to their voters who want them to "hurt the right people"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do their voters want them to "hurt the right people" in the first place? And why do they go along with it rather than trying to persuade them not to or targeting a different demographic or anything else? ~Cherri

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There is a free book by a psychologist out there called The Authoritarians which might help explain it.