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[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

We see ourselves in other people. Part of being a social animal. Fat shaming, racism, this bipartisan shit are all results of the fact that externalizing your insecurities, shame, fear is easier than self excavation. For anyone reading this, when you feel the need to judge, dig into that feeling, whether you're mad at immigrants or oligarchs, that same feeling is actively, surgically explored to wield power over you. To make you procrastinate. To say the good old days, the time of real change, your ideal self is just around the corner. We're so close. Just you wait for the next election. The next scandal. The next death.