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“I would rather burn this to the ground than share it with my lessers” (hexbear.net)

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What do you call this phenomenon? I think of the kulaks burning their harvest and I think of schools shutting down during desegregation in the US rather than integrate. Are there any other good examples? Why do people do this?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They've had it so good for so long that they actually don't know just how good they have it. It's that comic where the top panel is "sowing the seeds - haha this is awesome!" and the bottom panel is "reaping what I sow - wtf this is bullshit!"