Sure, some people are just born with faulty wiring, but when you look at the genealogy of dickhead Republicans you generally see a long line of them.

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith

And they have also learned how to convince a small majority of people to go along with them.

In some cases, they convince gullible people that they will prosper under Republican rule.

And to those who don't believe they'll ever prosper, they sell the concept of shared hatreds.

Carrots and sticks being used to further the cause of pure evil.

they believe in a social hierarchy based on fictions about men being better than women, whites being better than blacks, etc.

reality doesn't align with this. people are people, we all have our various strengths and weaknesses, and even if you can find certain tendencies among arbitrarily drawn subgroups in society, that doesn't shed much light on how to interact with actual individuals or how to conduct public policy.

reality is constantly giving them pushback. some individuals who don't tick every privilege box somehow keep outperforming, and some individuals who do keep lagging.

so they keep crying for hurdles to be put in the path of minorities and women, because they're ideology is based on privilege making a big difference in their lives. if their privilege won't prop them up, they want lack of privilege to really sock it to others.

and it's basically a religion to them, they simply can't adapt and change. so they double down in defiance and anger and resentment that the world isn't the way they wish it was.


if we weren't all suffering from their actions, it would be tragic. bottom line is that they're simply too stupid to realize how counter-productive their actions are. eventually, demographics will force this country to accept reasonable control by minorities and women. the bigots really should NOT be advocating a worldview based on privilege that will soon be handed over to others. equality and fairness would be a much better deal for white men in the long run. a hierarchical worldview will eventually bite us white men in the ass one day.

In hating those they have been systematically told to hate.

As opposed to people (mostly Democrats) who have the ability to think for themselves.

Which brings up the questions: Where is their ability to reason? What makes them so gullible? In short, why are Republicans such dicks?

Total focus on self.
No empathy or concern for others.
They are the only important people.

Addicted to power and money and will do anything to get it.

Rules and laws are for other people.
They are exempt.

They love cruelty, control, abuse of power.

Terrified of someone else getting for “free” what they had to “pay” for.
Their whole ethos seems to be about I got mine the hard way, why can’t you.
The instant their own family falters they are the first in line for those freebies that they decried for others.
All of this is passed down through generations.
Education is always the answer, but republicans are too scared of being exposed for what they are to want to allow anyone to get anywhere near the truth.

when I asked him what the GOP stands for.

I know they are filled with violence and hatred. They are liars. They are narcissists and sociopaths. They do not respect anything.

What I do NOT understand is why anyone would even want to join a group with that agenda. It boggles my mind.

I am a proud misanthrope now.