Modern Conservatism is basically blowing up your house with your family in it to make sure your smug liberal brother dies too

— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) February 9, 2025

Conservatives are indeed the worst about this, but it’s a very American thing to willingly hurt yourself as long as it harms someone else just as badly. I will never understand this way of thinking, but it is in fact an integral part of the American ethos.