It’s the path of least resistance. People are basically reacting appropriately to (admittedly perverse) incentives. Victimhood is the highest moral and social position in our present society, with the progressive stack functioning as a formal codification of these values. The only way to stop this corrosive dynamic is to cease rewarding victims.
Those rewards are coming from left wing governments and media. So yeah.
It’s the path of least resistance. People are basically reacting appropriately to (admittedly perverse) incentives. Victimhood is the highest moral and social position in our present society, with the progressive stack functioning as a formal codification of these values. The only way to stop this corrosive dynamic is to cease rewarding victims.
Those rewards are coming from left wing governments and media. So yeah.
Goes back to what Milton Friedman said about getting more of what you reward