Humans act kinda however their environment teaches them to act. Societies exist along a spectrum from encouraging people to be individuals to encouraging people to feel like part of a community. Most western cultures trend towards individualism. When we see ourselves as individuals, we’re more likely to see those around us as competitors.

That’s my guess at least. Judging by the way you’re typing in English I’ll assume you’re in the individualistic part of the world like me, and yeah, kinda sucks for most people. Personally, I think the fact that most people are upset with the nature of the society we live in is proof we’re supposed to be more community oriented.

That’s really how we should think about a lot of things. People don’t fall for stuff because they’re dumb. They fall for stuff because they’re vulnerable.

You mean the National Guard? They’re just another branch of of the military now.

If you mean the white nationalist militias, they’re pretty content with what going on. I think they’re getting ready to bring lynching back.

If you are talking about leftwing militias, I got some bad news…

Tolerance is a social contract. OP broke that contract by writing a ridiculously calous, mean spirited comment, and is no longer entitled to tolerance.

Tolerance the way you’re describing is how Nazi’s gain a platform. We don’t have to be tolerant of intolerant people. Just think about all the ways that could break society.

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50? Oh this’ll hit in your late 20s or early 30s

If nothing else, one silver lining is he is SIGNIFICANTLY reducing the influence America and the West has on the world.

He is far from the first flim-flam snake oil man making it big and performing atrocities in America. You could even look at the founding of the country as a sort of real estate scam gone darkly awry.

Damn, we’re in the era of corporate assassinations? Cyberpunk 2077 is becoming more and more prophetic.

Less than 25% of the US population voted for him. Of the people that voted, a majority voted for him, but an overwhelming majority of Americans did not vote for him.

Comparing a modern day American apartment to a Soviet one from 1950 lol okay.

Lol people actually believed that social credit score bullshit?

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Yes you are describing the intent of a boycott.

Considering the Overton window, there’s also the fact that what is left and right varies from country to country and culture to culture. For example, a centerist in America would be considered right wing when compared to a centrist from Vietnam or Cuba.

Well what is it, goth chicks, thick thighs, or chubby bearded men? Why are you posting so many memes like this with slight variations?

The only people that benefit from antagonizing liberals are fascists. That means that anything you’ve seen in volume to divide people along anything other than class lines is likely propaganda.

Boomers aren’t the problem. Immigrants aren’t the problem. White people aren’t the problem. LGBTQ+ people aren’t the problem.

The problem is our ideology and cultural celebration of individuals that put profits (or anything, for that matter) over the health and safety of people. Never loose sight of the prize, which is first and foremost, changing our culture. We do that by creating a culture that people want to be a part of, which means welcoming all with open arms.

These are my opinions, of course, but considering that the other side is pushing an ideally of death, environmental devastation and inequality, you’d think it’d be easier…

“We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings.”

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Holy shit i didn’t even know this was a thing.