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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... Stancil LARPs as a revolutionary because he doesn't need to clock in to a factory shift every day to make rent.

If an illegal immigrant took whatever income he's got, and he couldn't replace it because of more illegals, Herr Stancil would be goose-stepping behind black SUVs showing off his new Stephen Miller tattoo. I'm sure he has a humanist bleeding heart at his core, so he wouldn't personally shoot or attack anyone. But his politics are a luxury, and luxuries can become too expensive to indulge in.
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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... Well you can get people to sacrifice for a greater cause, for many reasons. But that's not quite the context of democratic approval numbers. I'd argue it's almost a perfect balance between base needs and the socially "higher" emotional needs, and higher-cause sacrifice can only mitigate each one to a point.

If the economy was booming but people were being robbed every day, disapproval. If it's in depression but we're all fighting together in a popularly accepted war, approval. If we're in relative non-crisis time, and nobody's emotions are being modified by a higher calling when the pollster calls, then I think MH re-asserts itself depending on where that person feels they are.

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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... The cynical view is that principled politics has always been a luxury. If you're struggling, you don't care about ICE or trannies or whatever. You need spare time to be able to complain about abstract principles.

The more nuanced view is probably something like Mazlow's Hierarchy. Add a sliding scale for how subjectively each voter feels security, basic needs, etc before reaching for self-actualization through politics.
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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... AI is globohomo butthurt that people could create things using only their thoughts and some existing tools. Where's the profit in that?

AI isn't replacing creativity, it is designed to tax creative acts. They have literally monetized the process of thinking.