It’s sad that this is actually really close to the truth. The one consistent message the authoritarians make is that if you hold the leader accountable then anyone could be targeted by the law. And they don’t see how by inferring that, they are admitting to being guilty of shit.
They’re both admitting their guilt, but also telegraphing their intention.
“If you allow this to happen to our leader, then we know you will let it happen to us, and thus we will attack you the same way before you have a chance.”
It’s a threat as much as an admission, and it’s also the reason they can’t be trusted with anything. Regressives are deeply uncreative, but once they’ve seen a thing in action, and if it’s something they think will happen to them, it becomes their fixation.
It’s sad that this is actually really close to the truth. The one consistent message the authoritarians make is that if you hold the leader accountable then anyone could be targeted by the law. And they don’t see how by inferring that, they are admitting to being guilty of shit.
They’re both admitting their guilt, but also telegraphing their intention.
“If you allow this to happen to our leader, then we know you will let it happen to us, and thus we will attack you the same way before you have a chance.”
It’s a threat as much as an admission, and it’s also the reason they can’t be trusted with anything. Regressives are deeply uncreative, but once they’ve seen a thing in action, and if it’s something they think will happen to them, it becomes their fixation.