• dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s simple psychology really. When someone is so angry or sad or hates themselves so much, seeing other people being happy and/or succeeding reminds them of their own pitiful existence.

    I’m no psychologist, but I believe they call it envy.

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        3 months ago

        Sinning is the favourite pastime of Republicans. The only part I haven’t been able to pin down is whether they prefer greed or wrath

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      3 months ago

      I don’t know. When I see throngs of joyful MAGA cultists, and that smug grin of their dear leader, I feel a certain level of disgust myself. It’s certainly not envy.

      They’re happy because they adore him and what he symbolizes (white supremacy, misogyny, Christian nationalism, homophobia, etc.) - he’s happy because they adore him, and he’s a raging narcissist.

      Those things disgust me, and so their happiness disgusts me.

      So conversely, their hatred of Kamala & the DNC’s joy could be because they hate what the left symbolizes, in their view.