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[–] 229 points 5 months ago (15 children)

This is in fact incorrect: the right doesn't say corrupt government is the problem The right says trans kids and brown people are the problem. Because the right is dumb as a fucking brick, and the billionaires managed to brainwash the dumb right into hating someone other than themselves.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The most terrifying words from in the English language are: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

    Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

    -- Senile retired actor mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Senile retired actor mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy

    ...who was voted in based on a single issue campaign. The anti-abortion-access movement convinced their flock that abortions were literally as bad as killing babies, and Falwell successfully created a voting block based on that one issue. That base didn't realize it came with massive deregulation, and they weren't smart or knowledgeable enough to care.

    Reagan was the beginning of the end. I was fourteen when he was elected.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    It's an issue with definitions. When the right says the government is corrupt, they mean socially corrupt. When the left talks about the corrupt, they mean fiscally corrupt.

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    No, the right is also morally and legally corrupt.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    The right thinks that people are socially corrupt. Not the government. They think the government shouldn't enable that corruption. But when it comes down to it, they hate people. They don't hate institutions.

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  • [+] -13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    The "right" isn't a monolith anymore than the "left".

    While it manifests in different ways the American "left" has been just as willing and happy to sacrifice brown, trans, woman, etc. persons because they are equally dumb and brainwashed.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    "If we don't let Israel burn down Gaza we might lose votes and if we lose votes then Trump will win and if Trump wins then it's your fault when minorities are hurt."

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