Michael BeckerJan 15, 2023
RT @Eve6
It’s just funny that as the quality of everything from airlines to infrastructure to food safety and availability to healthcare continues to precipitously erode around us millions of people blame socialism, an economic system that we do not live under
Show threadBlaine HodgeJan 15, 2023

@mbecker and yet those who do live under socialism have those things, or atleast they don't erode as much.

I can't understand why people don't buy into things that benefit society as a whole. Or have the forethought that at some point in life you will depend on it.

Show threadMichael Becker
@nullterm I think it's like hemp. At some point in an earlier century, an entire country's propaganda machine was almost solely dedicated to the cause of distorting and lying about a concept; the results echo through many generations after
Feb 3, 2023 at 5:50amWeb
Show threadBlaine HodgeFeb 3, 2023
@mbecker considering I spent some of the morning arguing with random ‘muricans that running over peaceful protestors was morally wrong, to which they argued it was legally right... like it was their god and 2nd amendment right to do… that propaganda machine left a mark so deep their grandchildren generations later are still concussed.
Show threadMichael BeckerFeb 3, 2023
@nullterm in Israel the political cause du jour is legitimizing / normalizing killing 13 year old "terrorists". Many, many generations later indeed...
Show threadBlaine HodgeFeb 3, 2023
@mbecker Yeap! I see that one as well. Even in an era of near limitless information and communication, we still can’t break the empathy barrier.