They’ve been subject to dehumanizing propaganda for a long time, so they see the victims in these hypotheticals as subhuman and deserving of violence to maintain order. It’s what conservative propaganda is designed to do.
You don’t need to feel sorry for these people when they lose their benefits, but you do need to exercise restraint and not dehumanize them in retaliation. Not for them, but for the future. Cycles of violence are broken by making a world order focused on restorative justice, not by endless retaliation.
They’ve been subject to dehumanizing propaganda for a long time, so they see the victims in these hypotheticals as subhuman and deserving of violence to maintain order. It’s what conservative propaganda is designed to do.
You don’t need to feel sorry for these people when they lose their benefits, but you do need to exercise restraint and not dehumanize them in retaliation. Not for them, but for the future. Cycles of violence are broken by making a world order focused on restorative justice, not by endless retaliation.