Dawg, I never called you my comrade. I'd like to think that I have better taste in allies than associating with folks who will literally accuse me of spreading "election lies" when I state the clear and obvious fact that American elections are rigged for rich people. A fact that can in fact be proven, empirically, by a simple google search which will reveal many respected LIBERAL scholars saying the exact same thing I am in more flowery words.
We ain't comrades. Go fuck yourself.
Fine, I'll do it for you:
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 & https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cbo-american-wealth-inequality/ & https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-american-oligarchy-why-is-american is BOB REICH spreading election lies? Former Clinton Labor Secretary Bob Reich?
Not done.
And: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/30/billionaire-stealth-politics-america-100-richest-what-they-want & https://www.vox.com/2014/4/18/5624310/martin-gilens-testing-theories-of-american-politics-explained & https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/magazine/billionaire-politics.html more "election lies" I suppose?
Not done.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/the-us-has-a-ruling-class-and-americans-must-stand-up-to-it is Senator Sanders spreading "election lies?"
More "election lies" from *checks notes* Northwestern University here:
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/10/11-of-the-worlds-billionaires-have-held-or-sought-political-office/ & https://today.duke.edu/2018/08/why-do-only-rich-run-office & https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/07/millionaires-run-our-government-heres-why-that-matters/
Now let's get to the "fun" stuff:
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020 - ACLU noted purveyors of "election lies."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/voter-purges-republicans-2020-elections-trump &
https://www.citizen.org/article/corporate-sponsors-of-voter-suppression-state-lawmakers-50-million/ &
https://niemanreports.org/articles/the-media-and-the-ballot-box-confronting-21st-century-voter-suppression/ Neiman Labs, again, noted "election lies" spreaders. Obviously.
You're fucking lazy, I wasn't even TRYING when I put this thread together you absolute fucking muppet.
I could OBVIOUSLY keep going, for days if I wanted to.
Google "ALEC" and "The Federalist Society" and "The Clairmont Institute"
I'm just not gonna spend the next fifty days proving to you that water is in fact wet.
Though THIS was a fun article, and it's even written from a liberal perspective so I guess I'll share this one last one:
https://newrepublic.com/article/174656/claremont-institute-think-tank-trump
"Stop saying US elections are rigged it's what the fascists say!"
Mutherfucker? EVERY fascist accusation is a CONFESSION so if that's gonna be your praxis we're going to stop talking about ANYTHING meaningful which is EXACTLY what the nazis want.
Pinhead.
Right. It's a constant effort and we're never done.
While we're at it:
Propaganda starts with words. Weasel words with a very specific meaning, narrowing down your view on specific matters so that the obvious fades into obscurity and certain paths of thinking are barred right from the start.
The evil thing about those weasel words:
You won't even notice until you embed scanning for this particular trick into your consumption habit and even then it's tricky as hell.
On the bright side: Once you've seen the #FNORDS they will backfire and stand out as red flags.
@GNUmatic Thank you for showing me the Fnord I had not seen until today: Weasel words.
I remember since I was a toddler, my dad intimidated me to rush "Answer me now!", and I fell into an unseen trap that has existed since before I was born.
I need to slow down.
Figuratively, I want to ask for some grapes when someone tries to give me lemons. I shall leave if they try to nail my feet to the floor.
Re-wiring my life and perspective, one step at a time.
I would struggle to come up with common english examples, but try to substitute employee with wage-slave and you get the idea. 😇
(Yesss! If you expressly want to remind yourself of a specific aspect then you are allowed to play this game the other way around, i.e. it helps to substitute wall street analyst with "clown".)
Note:
It's worse in German where you can create words by slumping 'em together, so we're maybe slightly more aware of it.
@GNUmatic I'm pretty sure I get the idea. I feel I can learn a lot from you.
Wage Slave + clown = company simp.
And my mind brings to my attention a video I saw a few years ago:
Eyes see same same, brain doesn't even engage.
Yeah. I *think* I've got a hunch on *how* exactly we got into this mess. 😇
But indeed all the stuff would take ages to untangle and unfold. Basically boils down to "money makes the world go round".
Simply put:
My grandmothers could have told 'em... 🥳
@AnarchoNinaWrites Not that I particularly want to make this sound like a conspiracy (it's very clearly true) but it's also worth noting that search engines getting actively worse (say, google) is a strict win for them in this.
If you can't trivially bring up historical cases that show things so incredibly obviously, people might entertain doubts. Does that mean google wanted this? Probably not, but does mean the regulators aren't in a rush to fix that problem, either.
It is crucial to acknowledge that the game is rigged. And to fight to undo the rigging.
As long as we all have to live with the results of the game, it's also crucial to keep playing to not lose.
I know you know that. I'm just saying it out loud because it's hard for folks to understand and accept- because it is indeed astoundingly unfair.
There's lots of unfair shit.
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