: "Maybe it's because the neoliberal condescension comes from a place of privilege and status, whereas the leftist snark is usually from a position of (admittedly often self-inflicted) disadvantage. You shouldn't eat at mcdonalds because of genocide vs you should protest, but not that way actually"

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Maybe it's because the neoliberal condescension comes from a place of privilege and status, whereas the leftist snark is usually from a position of (admittedly often self-inflicted) disadvantage. You shouldn't eat at mcdonalds because of genocide vs you should protest, but not that way actually

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JM @jonmarke.bsky.social
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It's totally reasonable to feel these as different from each other, I think (?), but to be honest, they feel pretty much the same to me... :D There is something there about being the underdog, but "liberals" conceive of themselves as underdogs, too, if that makes sense.

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