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[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:30] Oh no, look… It's half to Hitler

[yellow, annoyed] Chill out buddy, don't be such an alarmist

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:45] Oh no, look… It's quarter to Hitler

[yellow, rude] Yeah I get it, I tweeted about it, leave me be

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:55] Oh no, look… It's five to Hitler

[yellow, scared] Oh shit oh fuck, we really need to do something NOW

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:59] Oh shit, look… It's one to Hitler

[yellow, terrified] It's too late now, wish we could have seen it coming earlier

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 83 points 4 days ago (38 children)

Liberal apathy is how you get to Hitler.

Apparently they do not understand the Paradox of Tolerance, or they're motivated to ignore it.

[–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Nice sentiment, not based in reality though.

Voters are guided by their own personal circumstances, often punishing leaders when economic conditions worsen and rewarding them when they improve, paying little heed to the politician’s actions.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/01/30/book-review-democracy-for-realists-why-elections-do-not-produce-responsive-government-by-christopher-h-achen-and-larry-m-bartels/

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (6 children)

In other words, voters are morons.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember, half of American voters can't read better than a middle school student

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It's more than half actually

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