• ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    Every so often I wonder how people could be so stupid and/or heartless to bring the world to where it is today and then I see an American tweet something outstandingly silly/inmoral and I remember, lol.

    Also, Americans use the word “political” to mean ethical nowadays. And whenever they recoil because you said something like “hey, wars for profit are wrong” or “gay people shouldn’t be killed just because they’re gay” and ask you to stop being ‘political’, they’re just admitting they don’t stand for anything, no self-restraining rules nor lofty ideals. This is why the Nazis could also go as far as they went: “just follow the leader and I too will succeed, I don’t believe or stand for anything except what has been told to me and I’m a good boy for following”. They want/got the bag, and fuck you, basically.

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      Also, Americans use the word “political” to mean ethical nowadays.

      A certain segment of our population has been told to equate words like “political” and “woke” with “That person is saying or doing something that might influence someone about something I’ve been told to disagree with”.

      It’s incredibly horrifying how quickly this same segment of the population has been conditioned to view the rest as “weak, sensitive, entitled weirdos who can’t handle even the slightest criticism without seeing it as a existential threat” while simultaneously being conditioned to throw a tantrum when anyone takes an action to support something they’ve been told they should disagree with.

    • GooberEar@lemmy.wtf
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      Every so often I wonder how people could be so stupid

      Most of the world’s large predators are extinct or on the verge of extinction. Interpret that how you want.

    • tryagain@lemmy.ml
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      Americans use the word “political” to mean ethical nowadays.

      This is wonderfully succinct and I will be stealing it, please and thank you.