This has a lot of truth to it. I've been a libertarian for a long time now, and one thing I've definitively determined about collectivists, is that many of them despise individualists simply because they aren't willing or capable of making it on their own, so they despise people who are.
Whether they realize it or not, that feeling of resentment underpins their political views. Pathetic really.
I totally agree. My leftist ex is the most insecure person I've ever met, and based most of his decisions and much of his behavior on what other people might think of him. His political opinions were entirely dependent on what his Facebook friends thought, and actual evidence couldn't sway him at all. He simply wasn't willing to risk forming his own opinion, in case he turned out to be wrong and it bruised his ego.
I'd feel bad for him because it must be a terrible way to live, but he took his self-loathing out on me, constantly nitpicking and trying to undermine my confidence, so fuck him. They deserve their misery.
This has a lot of truth to it. I've been a libertarian for a long time now, and one thing I've definitively determined about collectivists, is that many of them despise individualists simply because they aren't willing or capable of making it on their own, so they despise people who are.
Whether they realize it or not, that feeling of resentment underpins their political views. Pathetic really.
I totally agree. My leftist ex is the most insecure person I've ever met, and based most of his decisions and much of his behavior on what other people might think of him. His political opinions were entirely dependent on what his Facebook friends thought, and actual evidence couldn't sway him at all. He simply wasn't willing to risk forming his own opinion, in case he turned out to be wrong and it bruised his ego.
I'd feel bad for him because it must be a terrible way to live, but he took his self-loathing out on me, constantly nitpicking and trying to undermine my confidence, so fuck him. They deserve their misery.