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[–] 31 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Ignoring the mtg element but it's so fucking frustrating that obvious kayfabe like this works so well. The ruling class is so good at making up/using this kind of bs to just fill the entire news cycle and get people scared and riled up so they don't think about the real source of their problems. The fascists get to hold the flashlight under their chin & fearmonger (so they don't have to talk about making positive material improvements to their supporters lives) and the lite fascists get to hand wring and whine about the fascists being obvious with their racism (so they don't have to talk about making positive material improvements in their supporters lives) while both hound and suppress anyone one degree to the left of centre

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  • The ruling class is so good at making up/using this kind of bs to just fill the entire news cycle and get people scared and riled up so they don't think about the real source of their problems

    They're only good at this because most Americans are out there looking for news that reaffirm their racist beliefs. Appealing to a libidinal impulse through racism wouldn't be a problem if people didn't find pleasure in hating foreigners and black people.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    The only people still getting mad at the caravan are maga holdouts who just want something to be mad at, and don't want to talk about the war or Israel or fuel prices or inflation

    Libs probably don't even notice the attempted media spectical because they have a huge buffet of things to get mad at, so why bother with this gruel

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