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[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

Why is MAGA so hateful?

I get asked this a lot. The short answer is: because hate is the point. But let me break it down.

Grievance as identity

MAGA isn't a political movement built on policy. It's built on resentment. The core message has always been "you've been wronged" — by elites, by immigrants, by cities, by universities, by the media, by women, by minorities, by anyone who isn't you.

This isn't a coalition that comes together to BUILD something. It comes together to tear things down. Hate isn't a byproduct of the movement. It's the fuel.

Zero-sum thinking

They genuinely believe that if someone else gains, they lose. Rights for gay people? That's an attack on Christians. Immigrants succeeding? They must be stealing from "real Americans." A Black president? He must be illegitimate.

There's no concept of shared prosperity or expanding opportunity. Just winners and losers. And they're terrified of losing.

The dominance hierarchy

A lot of MAGA is rooted in evangelical and authoritarian psychology. There's supposed to be a natural order: white at the top, Christian at the top, male at the top, straight at the top.

When you've been at the top of a hierarchy your whole life, equality feels like oppression. Giving others a seat at the table feels like theft.

The media ecosystem

Fox News → OANN → Newsmax → podcasts → Twitter/X. It's a 24/7 rage machine. Every algorithm rewards outrage. Every host competes to be more extreme than the last.

These people are literally addicted to anger. Neurologically. They get dopamine hits from feeling righteous fury. They wake up and immediately check their phones to find out what they should be mad about today.

Turn it off for a week and they go through withdrawal.

Economic anxiety — weaponized

Here's the thing: a lot of the underlying pain is real. Deindustrialization gutted their towns. Opioids killed their families. Wages stagnated while costs exploded. The American Dream stopped working for them.

But instead of blaming the corporations that shipped jobs overseas, or the billionaires that rigged the economy, or the politicians that deregulated everything — they're taught to blame immigrants. To blame welfare recipients. To blame Black people in cities. To blame trans kids.

Classic fascist playbook: take legitimate economic anger and redirect it at the vulnerable.

The permission structure

Trump didn't create the hate. He just gave it permission.

For decades, these people were told to keep the quiet part quiet. Be polite. Use dog whistles. Then Trump came along and said the loud part loud — and nothing happened. No consequences.

He showed them they could be openly racist, openly cruel, openly contemptuous of democracy — and not only survive, but win.

"He fights" doesn't mean he fights for them. It means he's mean to people they don't like. The cruelty is the point.

Community built on enemies

This is the part people miss: MAGA is a community. For a lot of these people — especially older, rural, isolated Americans — it's their entire social world. Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA.

The hate is the membership card. The shared enemies are what bind them together. Leaving the movement doesn't just mean changing your politics. It means losing everyone you know.

So they double down. And double down again. Because the alternative is being alone.

The bottom line

Why is MAGA so hateful?

Because scared people + relentless propaganda + permission to be cruel + community built on shared enemies = hate as a lifestyle.

They're not going to be reasoned out of it. They weren't reasoned into it.

The only thing that works is making it socially and politically costly to be part of it. Outvoting them. Out-organizing them. And building something better that gives people a different place to belong.

[Jamison Daniel @AntiquarianMuse]

Trump says there’s no empty seats and the cameraman goes rogue

Live fact checks at trump rallies now

[Angus Johnston @studentactivism]

A note for tomorrow:

ANYONE WHO IS TRICK-OR-TREATING AT FIFTEEN IS PRESUMPTIVELY CLINGING TO THE RITUALS OF CHILDHOOD AT THE MOST DISCOMBOBULATING MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES. THROW CANDY AND KINDNESS AT THEM

[Steven Cotterill @socialiststeve6]

After almost 30 years teaching in the U.S. I'm convinced that what passes for education is nothing more than nationalist indoctrination into a life of unquestioning obedience to capitalism, consumerism, militarism, and buying into the fantasy that we live in a democracy.

[Erica Ayisi @Akosua0906]

@Tati_WM I just had this conversation yesterday. The lack of suitable partners is definitely part of the declining birthrate. Women don't need men in the patriarchal way anymore & men don't know what to do with that. Today's women require more than what patriarchy socialized men to give.

[SF Rising Action Fund @SFRisingAction]

Taking money away from victims and mental health programs to fund prisons is a step backward and bad for public safety. #NOon36 #Stop36 #MentalHealthMatters #California

[Dudley Newright @NewRightPoast]

I think people are attracted to this girl, not because we miss dirty hippie chicks, but because she is presenting herself honestly, without a layer of ironic distance. She's not burying her own personality under layers of memes like "I'm in my dirtball era" or "It's a wook girl summer." She's not speaking in code that she picked up from social media, or dropping pop culture references. She is not brat in the least.

She's just sharing her boring thoughts without trying to be clever, because this is probably the first time in her life someone shoved a camera in her face. iPhones taught people that they have to perform as a character for an audience. Just being yourself isn't nearly enough. If you're old enough to remember this era, you probably recognize in this clip something good that we've lost.

[Gro-Tsen @gro_tsen]

I think non-French and non-French-speaking readers should be told about how utterly insane things are now in and around Paris because of the Olympics are. The opening ceremony is one week away and they've already barred any access to the Seine! 🧵⤵️ •1/19

[Seven Stories Press @7StoriesPress]

In 1998, Octavia Butler warned that the US would enter into a 30 year period of chaos, starting around 2015, during which America would elect a christofascist president named “Donner” who uses the slogan “make America great again.”

And that’s why you read small press books!!

[Misha @SteierMisha]

It’s bizarre how Aaron Peskin is the only pro-San Francisco candidate running for SF Mayor.

all the other candidates see it as a stepping stone in their career, they denigrate the city for their rich pals at summits and clout, and think the citizens are a nuisance for businesses

[jam @jdkaknak]

(🧵) in honor of pride month, here's a thread of lady gaga facing sexism and answering intrusive questions about gender and sexuality like a queen

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

“The students don’t know what they’re talking about”

The students:

[eva mancini @mancini108]

Taking away police oversight means that BIPOC communities – who are at higher risk for overpolicing and racial profiling – are more likely to be harmed by police
Prop E would take away safeguards that are in place to keep SFPD accountable.
#VoteNoonE #NOPEonE @SFRisingAction

[eva mancini @mancini108]

Long range listening devices, face-scanning drones, and AI-powered biometric tracking? This sounds like a dystopian novel, but it’s #PropE on the San Francisco primary ballot.

Join me in voting NO on Prop E by Tuesday, March 5th.

#VoteNoonE #NOPEonE @SFRisingAction

[🟢dev DECKER ™️ ✊🏾 @dev_decker]

Reposting this periodically since y’all like to play stupid