• n0respect@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    5 hours ago

    I wonder if their hate is just a side effect of wanting to be superior over others. And that’s what drives their base actions.

    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 hours ago

      More or less, yes. It’s the satisfaction that comes from power.

      The main ingredients of fascism are fear (urgency) and a desire to reclaim a power once held, like in a birthright sense. A result of this is that the power they hold now is a result of the fear they’ve fostered, which means they quite literally cannot survive people becoming unafraid. There must always be a group of people to hate, even amongst each other, or the kingdom they’ve built vanishes.