TOTW: Conservatism in Disguise

When I hear phrases like "fuck around, find out" it feels like jail/prison culture has busted out and is taking over popular culture...

The "fuck around, find out" mindset operates as a shorthand for harsh justice. Prison justice. That phrase and others of its kind reinforce the idea that actions have clear, brutal consequences. A way of signaling a no-nonsense, retributive worldview where power is respected and transgressions are punished without mercy. They are phrases that tend towards a form of conservatism... a law-and-order morality that maintains rigid social relations.

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