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29. Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose."

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 09:37 PM

18 hrs ago

Not just MAGA.

Professor Corey Robin wrote about it years ago; the one animating philosophy of conservatism: “if he gets something then I get less.”

Everything. And that includes voting. If more get the vote - then his vote means less.

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog 21 hrs ago OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven 21 hrs ago #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog 21 hrs ago #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 3 hrs ago #40

Exactly. progressoid 21 hrs ago #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn 20 hrs ago #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable 18 hrs ago #25

Good point. pandr32 3 hrs ago #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia 1 hr ago #50

maga hate anti-repub 4 hrs ago #35

maga hate anti-repub 4 hrs ago #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 2 hrs ago #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill 57 min ago #56

This part is important: progressoid 21 hrs ago #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend 21 hrs ago #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 21 hrs ago #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny 20 hrs ago #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil 16 hrs ago #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter 20 hrs ago #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe 20 hrs ago #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei 2 hrs ago #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 1 hr ago #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh 1 hr ago #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill 1 hr ago #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia 4 min ago #58

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin 20 hrs ago #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 5 hrs ago #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 4 hrs ago #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia 1 hr ago #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB 19 hrs ago #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See 19 hrs ago #18

Spot on. Permanut 19 hrs ago #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep 19 hrs ago #21

The Religiously Insane are a part of it. They are not resentful as much as they are in the thrall of a religion that CTyankee 19 hrs ago #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal 18 hrs ago #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational 18 hrs ago #26

excellent post proud patriot 18 hrs ago #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster 18 hrs ago #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins 18 hrs ago #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 5 hrs ago #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 5 hrs ago #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 5 hrs ago #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 4 hrs ago #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 3 hrs ago #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 3 hrs ago #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 3 hrs ago #43

Exactly MW67 3 hrs ago #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber 3 hrs ago #45

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 2 hrs ago #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry 2 hrs ago #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 1 hr ago #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright 55 min ago #57