If I were to guess it's a perception that the world being cruel and there being bad people is "just the way it is" and that holding on to "kiddie morality" makes you "too good for this world". By extension, caring and sharing then makes you either naive, weak, foolhardy or parasitic. In such a cruel world, preservation of oneself and the group you belong to become all that matters.

Society sucks, but "handouts" will be taken advantage of, accepting queer people threatens social order, leftists and "soft" people always get in the way of what needs to be done: discipline and cleansing.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think it's a LOT simpler than all that. I think people are just angry. Their material conditions are worsening and it makes them mad. Just like how when someone is mad and you walk up they'll lash out at you because you happen to be nearby people who get angry and need someone to vent their anger on often go after the most vulnerable. In their personal lives that usually involves being abusive to pets, children, spouses, etc and societally it expresses itself as being abusive towards marginalized groups.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was planning on adding something like that, about people who feel disempowered wanting to feel power over someone else. In the end I didn't add it because it would have felt like flinging stuff at a wall and I wanted my comment to be concise.