I always found “Simulation Theory” to be a lazy Reddit version of Deism to begin with, but especially these days it’s dire just how often undesirables are perceptibly stripped of personhood with that same belief system. It doesn’t pass as a joke for me when too many rich creeps like my-hero sermonize about it on the regular and their sycophantic followers feel more like Main Characters by nodding along.

    • CrimsonSage@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Elitist just means knowledgeable to these people. It’s how they can call a barista with a hs diploma living in a 1 person apartment with 2 roommates an elite.

    • DrCrustacean [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “elitism” in American political discourse is almost entirely aesthetic imo. Anyone who’s interacted with conservatives knows they’re just as smug as liberals and share the same love for “I told you so” and "they just don’t know any better’. We joke here about libs droning on about “the adults in the room” but conservatives actually do think that everyone that disagrees with them is a literal child.

      The difference is that liberals watch TV shows with higher production values. They don’t listen to country music. Right wingers in my area are putting chuck norris on their campaign posters.