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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

In my experience it's down to a horrid mix of tribalism, lack of education, and propaganda which further enflames the former two. How can folks better themselves if they can't even fathom that their so called leaders are the ones fucking them over. This is why gas price is so notable because it increases the price of everything and propaganda doesn't fill an empty stomach.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    In an age where you have the breadth of the worlds knowledge at your fingertips there is absolutely no reason that anybody should be ignorant. ESPECIALLY about politics. You can learn anything you want, about anything, all you have to do is some unbiased searching.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    The ability to parse information and disinformation is a skill like any other which requires the wisdom and humility to fully apply. A lot of folks grew up in near complete information bubbles and are incapable of even knowing that there may be a different path, there are legitimately people who think all Democrats are possessed by the literal capital D Devil, how the fuck do you even begin to unravel and parse that without just killing propagandists and preachers?

    I grew up on the edge of that environment and was lucky enough to break free from it all around 2015/2016 since Trump reminded me of those false smiling CPS workers who fucked me over repeatedly trying to put me with my rapist father. But most folks don't have that type of automatic response to things, hell some suppress it to better fit in for sake of sanity.

    Come at it like you would a cultist be it Scientology, Mormonism, or Seventh day Advenentists. Because that's effectively what it is since half this shit was being built up as far back as the 60s and most of these poor bastards weren't even alive at the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Sending you a virtual hug. Glad you got out and I hope you're healing.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    The Allfather provides and my madness grants a certain clarity. Regardless it was an escape from the mindset and shackles therein, not literal escape which is admittedly a good thing. Economy is fucked in my region and getting even a shit job at the warehouses is basically impossible due to artificial agents, luckily I can call back on my grandmother and we have a certain truce on these things. I don't talk about economic structures and my hatred for the stock market and she keeps the political bullshit down, if either breaks the truce it's free game and we both end up pissy.

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