Everyone knows the parts of the federal government they have involvement with aren't all that wasteful. The sad truth is we're very, very far away from conservative voters realizing the rest of the government is about the same, and the wealthy just use the idea of wasteful spending as a red herring to distract from their taxes being unsustainably low.
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Sorry, I'm out of sympathy rn.
Pardon me while i laugh my ass off
The worst part about this is that, in a racist, fascist world, them getting burned by their own hatred is the only downside.
Which means that, from their perspective, there is room for improvement.
Trump fascists are really just billionaire dark government.
But these people genuinely hate and want pain, death, and destruction for other people.
What in the actual fuck, humanity??
Dont blame this on humanity as a whole, when it has always only been a minority doing this
Honestly? I'm not sure anymore.
Either way, do you think it's a gene? Or like a full-on phenotype? Or something else, like lead poisoning or just general cognitive impairment?
I think of conservatism as behaving kind of like an immune system. People who are conservative tend to be overly concerned with things like purity and group cohesion, and react negatively to anything unfamiliar unless you hold their hand and show them it's ok. Sometimes this is a good thing for a society at large -helps maintain vigilance against external threats- but other times you get full-blown immune disorders, where the immune system can no longer distinguish an appropriate response from an excessive one, or a dangerous agent from a benign one, or starts to attack its own body.
Religion for one. State propaganda media is #2 (Fox News, Newsmax, Alex Jones, Rush) Closet racism and homosexuality.
Note: being a homosexual isn't the problem. But repressing and hating others (and yourself) is the problem.
Davis is a dumdum
Man didn't think fire fighters were maga. My outlook has completely changed
Lots are
Firefighters might do an important job, but they are still just people
Same as nurses and teachers. There are still plenty of stupid and ignorant ones out there
while I'm grateful they exist, and respect their work I've known a few firefighters in my time, and I wouldn't exactly say they were the brightest of folks.
Let's hear it for fire!
Make America greatly ablaze!
People are dumb. More news at 11.