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71% of Americans say the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30% (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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Words matter.

Always use simple direct language.

  • Help the poor
  • Healthcare for everyone
  • Good treatment at work.

Don't use complex words.

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[–] 149 points 1 year ago (10 children)

One of many lasting “gifts” of Reagan.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    We’ve got to get all those welfare queens 25 year old males playing video games back to work! They’re getting a free ride that they don’t deserve. People only have value when they are working!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm glad Reagan's dead

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm not. I much rather he lived forever. Forever wasting away, seeing his loved ones perish, losing his sanity little by ever so fucking little, inhabiting a hell all of his own.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Regan

    loved ones

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't think it's healthy to dehumanize our villains. He probably had loved ones. You don't need to be a monster to do monstrous things. All humans have that capability within, you and me included.

    It's like that famous answer to "what stops you from murdering and raping?" “Nothing, I rape and murder as much as I want, which is zero."

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I agree. We shouldn't demonize our opponents.

    Humans can be monsters, but there are different kinds of monsters too. One special group is the psychopaths.

    I believe Regan was one, and I think he saw relationships as transactional.

    OK, maybe he wasn't, let's assume. But he gladly saw to massive swathes of destruction of American people because he did not see them as humans. If someone can be that callous with human lives, I can think and call him a monster. Because, how can you tell the difference?

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