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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can everyday Americans please hurry up and connect the dots finally?

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Everyday Americans are amongst the stupidest people I've ever met. Don't hold your breath.

[–] fafferlicious@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

While I won't argue against the ignorance of the 50th percentile, I'd encourage you to consider that for many it may not be willful.

By design, more and more people are forced to focus on their immediate needs. As more Americans than ever before live paycheck to paycheck with hardly a thousand dollars in savings, how can they justify spending time learning when they need to be at their second job so their kids don't go homeless?

If you write people off as stupid then the problem is intractable. You can't cure stupid. But you can inform the ignorant.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who exactly do you think is voting for people like El-Sayed? What kind of take even is this?

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

My point could have been clearer.

I was talking about figuring out that billionaires are the actual enemy, everywhere..... it makes it pretty easy to figure out who's really on your side once you understand how capitalism actually works.

It doesn't matter who, it doesn't matter where. If there's a billionaire, there's a crime against the common man being committed. Period.