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I've noticed - and I am sure that I am not the first - that there are people out there who seem to instinctually hate those who are successful, well liked and accomplished. This enmity isn't limited to individuals, they tend to apply it on all levels, from the individual on up to nations, cultures and more.
That's the common link as far as I can tell. I observe that there are people who seem to constantly set themselves in opposition to things that are well liked and successful, no matter what it is. And if you identify someone who does this more than once, you can use this to fairly accurately pin them down on nearly any divide.
In my observations on numerous forums, it's been interesting to note that people who despise - for example - popular music in favor of underground music... that they also seem to hold an intense dislike for Capitalism, seem to buy into the idea that there is a white oppressive class in the West, etc. If someone has expressed - for example - that PRIDE was the pinnacle of MMA and that the UFC is trash... you can almost bet that they're going to be the type of person that blames Islamic violence on "Western Imperialism", and the rich are stealing from the poor. And so on.
Just look at the known actors on these forums. Look to the ones who are constantly supporting groups like BLM or despise the United States. Then look at their positions on almost any other noted conflict or comparison between two things that are diametrically opposed to one another. See which side they tend to support. I wager that they almost exclusively side against the more prominent, the more successful, the more accomplished.
I've been trying to understand why they seem to be almost universally "raging against the machine" and the common factor seems to me to be an innate hatred of the winner, the successful, the popular. It's not necessarily against any particular injustice, because they'll often continue to oppose things even if the evidence aligns against them. Such as with the Mike Brown case, where the evidence AT LEAST sufficiently proves that Officer Wilson should be free of conviction of any crime and more likely proves that he acted justifiably. Yet the people who seem to hate the successful will continue to support the "loser" in these situations.
It's why these people will FIRST call out to the public after an Islamic Terror Attack to not blame Muslims for the attack rather than condemning the ideology that fueled the murderous killing spree. They'll publicly campaign immediately in preemptive defense of the smaller less influential group over showing real support for the murdered or in condemning the ideology that spawned the attack. After all, the attack was from a smaller less powerful culture against the larger more powerful culture.
It's why these people will support idiotic ideas like "you can't be racist towards a race who has power", because the idea stands in opposition to what is perceived to be successful. It's why these people will support debunked ideas like the gender pay gap, because men are perceived (in general) to be more successful so it must be through some illegitimate oppressor system that benefits the successful. It's why they continue to push narratives that the police (as a system) oppress minorities based upon their collective race as opposed to a myriad of possible reasons. It even goes down to mundane things such as disgust for popular music in favor of music less exposed or known. It's why they often will completely turn against a underground band that puts out popular music rather than simply enjoy their underground music and ignore the newer more popular content. It cannot be left at that, they must be exposed for being a sell out! Similarly if you're a minority that doesn't agree with the oppressed narrative you are a traitor, an uncle tom, etc. You can't simply have a different opinion, you now must be exposed for being a sell out and you must be the lowest of the low for joining the successful and accomplished! For joining the oppressors!
This isn't to mean that if you hold sympathies for one of these things that automatically this should apply to you. It is observing common trends among people who fervently seem to favor a side (of anything) that isn't as accomplished or successful and how such a person seems to be far more likely to hold those same views in nearly any situation. It's as if there is something about them that truly resents and hates what is successful and accomplished, as if the simple act of being successful or accomplished somehow grants virtue or validity to those in the same sphere who are not as successful or accomplished. It seems to be an idea that resents things that achieve much as if they could only have done so by cheating or wronging others. People who think like this naturally would oppose capitalism or Western Values which have up to this point seemed to reward the successful.
So what is it? Is it that these people have an actual psychological disposition that causes them to behave and think this way? Are they simply resentful narcissistic losers that blame their short comings or inability to function as successfully in society as they believe they should on others for somehow rigging their environment against them? What is it?
That's the common link as far as I can tell. I observe that there are people who seem to constantly set themselves in opposition to things that are well liked and successful, no matter what it is. And if you identify someone who does this more than once, you can use this to fairly accurately pin them down on nearly any divide.
In my observations on numerous forums, it's been interesting to note that people who despise - for example - popular music in favor of underground music... that they also seem to hold an intense dislike for Capitalism, seem to buy into the idea that there is a white oppressive class in the West, etc. If someone has expressed - for example - that PRIDE was the pinnacle of MMA and that the UFC is trash... you can almost bet that they're going to be the type of person that blames Islamic violence on "Western Imperialism", and the rich are stealing from the poor. And so on.
Just look at the known actors on these forums. Look to the ones who are constantly supporting groups like BLM or despise the United States. Then look at their positions on almost any other noted conflict or comparison between two things that are diametrically opposed to one another. See which side they tend to support. I wager that they almost exclusively side against the more prominent, the more successful, the more accomplished.
I've been trying to understand why they seem to be almost universally "raging against the machine" and the common factor seems to me to be an innate hatred of the winner, the successful, the popular. It's not necessarily against any particular injustice, because they'll often continue to oppose things even if the evidence aligns against them. Such as with the Mike Brown case, where the evidence AT LEAST sufficiently proves that Officer Wilson should be free of conviction of any crime and more likely proves that he acted justifiably. Yet the people who seem to hate the successful will continue to support the "loser" in these situations.
It's why these people will FIRST call out to the public after an Islamic Terror Attack to not blame Muslims for the attack rather than condemning the ideology that fueled the murderous killing spree. They'll publicly campaign immediately in preemptive defense of the smaller less influential group over showing real support for the murdered or in condemning the ideology that spawned the attack. After all, the attack was from a smaller less powerful culture against the larger more powerful culture.
It's why these people will support idiotic ideas like "you can't be racist towards a race who has power", because the idea stands in opposition to what is perceived to be successful. It's why these people will support debunked ideas like the gender pay gap, because men are perceived (in general) to be more successful so it must be through some illegitimate oppressor system that benefits the successful. It's why they continue to push narratives that the police (as a system) oppress minorities based upon their collective race as opposed to a myriad of possible reasons. It even goes down to mundane things such as disgust for popular music in favor of music less exposed or known. It's why they often will completely turn against a underground band that puts out popular music rather than simply enjoy their underground music and ignore the newer more popular content. It cannot be left at that, they must be exposed for being a sell out! Similarly if you're a minority that doesn't agree with the oppressed narrative you are a traitor, an uncle tom, etc. You can't simply have a different opinion, you now must be exposed for being a sell out and you must be the lowest of the low for joining the successful and accomplished! For joining the oppressors!
This isn't to mean that if you hold sympathies for one of these things that automatically this should apply to you. It is observing common trends among people who fervently seem to favor a side (of anything) that isn't as accomplished or successful and how such a person seems to be far more likely to hold those same views in nearly any situation. It's as if there is something about them that truly resents and hates what is successful and accomplished, as if the simple act of being successful or accomplished somehow grants virtue or validity to those in the same sphere who are not as successful or accomplished. It seems to be an idea that resents things that achieve much as if they could only have done so by cheating or wronging others. People who think like this naturally would oppose capitalism or Western Values which have up to this point seemed to reward the successful.
So what is it? Is it that these people have an actual psychological disposition that causes them to behave and think this way? Are they simply resentful narcissistic losers that blame their short comings or inability to function as successfully in society as they believe they should on others for somehow rigging their environment against them? What is it?
