THIS I do know. If you are like them in any way, they win. Chaos plays to their favor. Hysteria plays to their favor. Hate plays to their favor. Violence and coercion plays to their favor. Resentment and bitterness plays to their favor. You have to do things they can’t do which are also appealing.
Yes, they want a race to the bottom. And they get their opponents to want it, too. That is the mimetic theory in a nutshell!
Ugh. I don’t want it. But it’s very clear that other people do. One good thing about Bluesky is one can use it to shut them out and discuss things on different terms. This needs to be done much more.