I’ve often heard Leftists claim that everyone to the Right of them is only "that way" because they are full of hate and anger (or are ignorant), but in my experience, that’s just not accurate. Or, at least not exclusive to one side.
I do believe, based on a lifetime of observation, that statism of any variety makes a person visibly less happy. It may be a function of going deeper in one extreme direction; those nearer the average may be happier. The people I know who are on the Right haven't been moving further Right, and are generally happier unless someone brings up one of their bonnet bees ("immigration", for example).
And everyone is ignorant of most of reality, even if we prefer to believe otherwise.
I know one person who is exceedingly w0ke (although she'd deny it and claim it's not about politics), and she hates everything and almost everyone. The more angry she becomes, the further Left she seems to drift, or the further Left she gets, the more angry she becomes- it's hard to tell which way it goes.
She’s very angry at the world. She only likes movies that depict torture and gruesome murder... or Marvel superhero movies. She only likes angry, screaming "music". She has no room for other opinions on anything, and no matter what you bring up that you like, she has to tell you how much she hates it.
I've mentioned her before. I care what happens to her, but it's hard to have a conversation anymore, because she's getting more w0ke and more angry. Any conversation with her devolves into her expressing hatred toward someone or something after just a few minutes- not towards me, because I know what not to say, but it's ridiculous. I don't know if it's because she believes the world isn't going her way anymore (if it ever did), or just the stress of her job. Or if it's a result of taking herself much too seriously. She's just the most extreme example I personally know of, but there are others.
I would think she's an outlier if I weren't seeing the same thing in so many other places, from so many other people. I know another person (basically non-political) who believes anger "works" for her, and who is proud of it. Of course, there are those on the Right who obsess over the specific things that make them angry. And, I see online libertarians who wallow in anger, too. Usually, it's when they try to mix "Right" or "Left" into their libertarianism, but some genuinely seem to enjoy hating.
What is going on here? Is there a pandemic of hate and anger? Where will this lead? It doesn't seem like it's going to turn out well.
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