My working theory is the American political divide is “people with horrifically abusive parents versus people who either aren’t and didn’t have those or have decided it’s wrong”
The authority obsession is absolutely “I believe my dad was right to hit me and my mom, because if I didn’t I’d be bad”
The authority obsession is absolutely “I believe my dad was right to hit me and my mom, because if I didn’t I’d be bad”
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"My parents abused me so I made myself love it and credit my success to it now"
"My parents abused me and I still hate it, but nothing feels as cathartic as doing it to others"
"My parents never abused me but for a lot of sick reasons I wish they had and I crave it now"
Little less universal but I had to fit my uncle in there somehow!
Mommy issues and authoritarianism: the game.
"Parents as Guardians" vs. "Parents as Bosses"
Sidney Poitier's "You owe me, old man!" speech from GWCTD? is like seventeen separate kinds of Woke DEI Mind Virus to these people.
So many people have done monstrous things and cloak that in ideas like family loyalty