• MichaelScotch@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I fucking hate this country so much. Why is everyone so stupid? Is it because of all the lead in the air during the 20th century?

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      Your country is the poster child for unfettered capitalism. It’s a state religion. Bicycles are anticapitalist. They don’t have high or frequent costs. Compare that with cars, the gas they need, the oil changes, brake pads, suspension parts, all adjacent industries… blah blah blah.

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      That’s a very good question, actually. Why is everyone so stupid? Because the education system has been intentionally sabotaged and crippled for decades? No, that’s too recent. When did it start?

      If we’re talking about the root of all problems, then it probably started way back in ancient times. Prehistoric maybe. Whenever the first hyperintelligent psychopath decided to live as a god by taking advantage of everyone around him. And since then we’ve just been repeating the same cycle?