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[–] Elting@piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah they were psychotic crackheads that ran their country into the ground too. Almost like there is some kind of through line with fascist thinking.

[–] jode@pawb.social 24 points 1 day ago

Well, method, but still

Yeah, and they were grifters too.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It does feel like stupidity makes people buy into conservatism, and then fuck everything else up.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its fear and anxiety that make them stupid.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Its the other way around. People are afraid of what they don't understand.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Ignorance of a world with an ever changing social structure, drives fear and anxiety in those who don't understand that. That fear and anxiety can be exploited at large to get people to make irrational decisions that benefit only a few.