• Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t this effectively the same as “ignore the bullies, they’ll get bored”, cause that doesn’t work all that well in real life.

    The moral highground only works when your opponents care about being moral.

    Far more effective to stoop to their level and thoroughly beat them at it.

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      1 year ago

      Moral high ground depends on social pressure from uninvolved parties shaming or otherwise negatively affecting the bully. Usually this shaming does not occur, or is otherwise ignored by the bully resulting in no negative outcomes for their bad behavior.

      The concept of ‘moral high ground’ is itself ironically better at shaming the victims into allowing the abuse to continue, with uninvolved parties often coming down harder on the victim than the bully.

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      1 year ago

      I have IRL experience with this one.

      You must choose violence. For only your own sake or you will never respect yourself again.

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        1 year ago

        Being bullied in school sure changed my perspective with “peaceful solutions” some people deserve violence

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            1 year ago

            You mean fascism conflicting with other ways of governmental thought? Yes. since I’m a fascist I’m invested in fascism winning. But we will see which governmental system is best fit for the time