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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026

Robins asks how we can call so many disparate, irreconcilable ideologies - various ethno-nationalisms, imperialism, financialism, patriarchy, Christian nationalism, libertarianism, white supremacy, etc - "conservative"? What binds all these views together? pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/a... 41/

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Pluralistic: Conservatism considered as a movement of bitter rubes (22 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026

Robin's answer: the foundation that all these otherwise disparate views share is that some people are born to rule, while others are born to be ruled over. When these lesser people are elevated to positions of power, their inferiority creates a system of misrule, by which we all suffer. 42/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026

The best outcome for *everyone* is for us all to know our place and defer to our social betters. That's why conservatives are obsessed with affirmative action, DEI, and any form of anti-racism. 43/

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Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It's a trauma response. When you're raised to think you're fundamentally bad and must be controlled, you enter into a project of emotional self-mutilation. Brains are YOU (ego) in emotional relationship with reality. Hate you? Hate reality. Control you? Control reality. Love you? Love reality.

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