Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris
Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris  ·  yesterday
Another great read from @pluralistic about the reason that disaster fantasies are popular among the right: it replaces actual disasters caused by *systemic problems* with imaginary disasters to be solved by *individuals*, which in turn elevate the status of the prepper to a one-man (let’s face it, it’s usually a man) hero who saves the day.

It also strikes me that the #TESCREAL nonsense that #AI techbros seem to gravitate to is just another flavor of this prepper story: why bother saving eight billion real humans today when you can save countless trillions of potential humans tomorrow by building a treasure trove that you deploy into your favorite technologies? You’re not a profit-driven resource hoarder—you’re a #longtermism one-man superhero!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/24/mall-ninja-prophecy/#mano-a-mano

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k3ym𖺀
k3ym𖺀  ·  yesterday
@drahardja @pluralistic the doomsday prepper mentality poses a challenging dichotomy for me now. Me, like many others, are terrified of what will come to pass over the next four years, and are trying to figure out how best to prepare.

It seems as though the main difference between the two groups of preppers is simply their perception of reality.

Oh and also one group isn't bigots, so there's that.

Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris
Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris  ·  yesterday
@k3ym0 @pluralistic The difference to me: preppers on the right *withdraw* into their private bunkers, hoard weapons and food, and arm themselves to defend against the hordes.

Preppers on the left *come out* of their private bunkers, and build connections and mutual aid networks with each other, share resources, and arm the community with supply lines to defend against the plunderers.

We can prepare for the coming years by coming together with others in our community and pledging solidarity and support for each other, and working together to defend and improve the system.

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Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris
Dave R ✅ Voted for Harris  ·  yesterday
@pluralistic And tangentially, it jibes also with why Critical Race Theory and Wokeness are perceived as such a threat by the right: these concepts rightly call attention to a broken and perverse *system* which cannot be fixed by individual action. I can see how this may be deeply offensive to people who fear giving up their main-character status in their head canons, and balk at the prospect of being forced to cooperate with others to solve a problem.
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