• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Their family is not a “loving family” that normal people would imagine. These are conservatives who lack the capacity for empathy and do not feel kindness or love for one another. Their relationships are transactional.

    If they sue, it will only be because they see an opportunity for profit. Not because they want to prevent this from happening to anyone else.

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      8 months ago

      I disagree, it’s important to note that Conservatives love their families, too. They are not inhuman.

      And their love of their family can, for some, feed into their racism. Their families are successful and they may attribute that to genetics. People with inferior genetics can’t really help themselves, can they? They need a ruling class to make the important decisions for them.

      You’re right though, if they sue it won’t be to prevent this from happening to anyone else. It will be for revenge and punishment. Profit is a side motive here. They might pour an excessive amount into any lawsuit just for revenge.

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        8 months ago

        That paragraph about genetics and needing a ruling class because the poor can’t help themselves feels so wrong, immoral and like a completely degenerate thing to say that I am tempted to turn the argument around and say that these people need help. Who in there right mind would, seriously, consider something that’s not even the closest thing to being backed by science and logic.

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          8 months ago

          Who in there right mind would, seriously, consider something that’s not even the closest thing to being backed by science and logic.

          They’re not interested in science, logic, or anything that goes against their pre-concieved world view, though. They are right because they have the courage of their convictions, and if there are facts or logic that get in the way, well the facts and logic must be wrong!

          That’s how we get to almost half the country believing in “alternative facts”, which makes governing this country so hard.

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      8 months ago

      My family and most people I know are poor, and this is also how they function. Even the “side” pieces.

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      8 months ago

      If it’s about money for them, they may see a payday incoming. At the very least, the insurance company that had a life insurance policy out on her might have a thing or two to say to Muskrat. I cannot imagine how much money they are going to be paying out.