I should have stayed home with my cats and ordered take-out. The gays are just as transphobic as anyone else. Fuck people. I opened myself up and I’m mad I did.

  • 2d4_bears@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    It does seem depressingly common for formerly disadvantaged people to abandon empathy once they gain a modicum of power. See: the divide and conquer strategy that has been effectively wielded against the working class for all of history.

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      I wonder if this is just a human trait. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a quote for a reason.