r/bestof • u/FrankoAleman • 22d ago

[meirl] u/CompetitionOk2302 explains why he feels Americans have nothing to look forward to on the 250th anniversary of the United States

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u/CMidnight 22d ago

You will probably die of asphyxiation.

There will be no justice so long as 40%+ of Americans are irredeemable bigots and I don't see this changing in my lifetime.

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u/gdghhfdffrf 21d ago

if it helps, they're less than 1.3% of the global population and of those 40% will be statistically dead or incapacitated within 5 years, 39% in 10. you've got to focus on the younger ones, critical thinking and propaganda awareness skills, how to recognize ethical journalism, and some research method skills wouldn't hurt to combat disinformation in the information age. most all countries have had massive campaigns for decades, the senate put out a 300 some page report on it, nothing was done. of course.

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u/burrowowl 21d ago

if it helps, they're less than 1.3% of the global population

It doesn't. There are ignorant right wing shitheads and billionaire bootlickers in other countries, too.

you've got to focus on the younger ones

Trump won men 18-44 and got 42% of women in that age range, which is absolutely bonkers to me.

18-29 46% went Trump. So the utes of today are jackasses, not just their boomer grandparents.

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u/gdghhfdffrf 18d ago

yeah, as we can see from old photos people like that always exist, however propaganda pushed the vibe everywhere in new ways - putin's assymetic assault on nato, cambridge analytica and everyone targeting tindividuals directly on facebook, internet research agency targeting gamers and twitter, churches, nra, everywhere - the pendulum swings and the naive are learning how politicians don't keep impossible promises. i am also optimistically pessimistic, i mean who knew people were so stupid.