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TownesVanCamp 15 points ago +15 / -0

There have been many more illegitimate and stolen governments. But there has never been a more corrupt government. What we do effects nearly every person on the planet.

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Gnometard 14 points ago +14 / -0

They have absolutely played the long game on this one.

I was born in 85. Growing up, I'm not sure why... but I was all about hating on anything adults liked. It was like I was told somewhere to hate anything my parents had to say.

I was emotionally driven, even though I was very logical. I joined the Navy in the Nuke program. It really cemented in the logic as that was already a strong point for me.

I got out of the Navy and was still pretty lefty but only in that I knew people needed help and I didn't understand why it couldn't be the government just giving it to everyone.

Before the Navy? I could walk around my home town and just say HELLO to FUCKING ANYONE and immediately make friends. It was a hobby while skipping school.

After the Navy (2009)? Everyone was already attached to their phones. It was much more difficult to make friends with random people, but still not difficult.

Everyone started getting on social media. This was the libertarian era, when reddit was all about Ron Paul.

Lots of debate on social media, like actual civil debate. Citing sources.

However, at this point, the focus was entirely on the GOP. They were no different then than they are now.

Right around this point, 3rd wave feminism started going nuts. Everyone was bashing on it because of the lack of logic, basically exactly the same issues we have with the left right now.

This is where I think social media started making the push to control us. Cancel culture was starting. Censorship started with bashing the feminists and that also started other crazy leftist shit.

I remember essentially arguing with my friends about them getting off the rails and going looney with the progressive stuff, telling them it was only going to make everything worse. It was authoritarian.

By this point, EVERYONE was on social media. FUCKING EVERYONE. My grandma even had a facebook. My parents got on it. Debate started disappearing. Just look at this "fact check"! Or "Look at this study I quickly googled but didn't bother to actually look at or understand"

I got a job at Lowe's as a manager. In a sales meeting it was brought up about obamacare. In the same fucking slide on the powerpoint, they told us how Obamacare was gonna ruin our plans... despite the plans we had were, and had been for years, well beyond compliant with Obamacare. It was a fucking farce for them to squeeze mroe work from us while getting rid of the part timers. FUCK OBAMACARE but it literally changed NOTHING for us as we stood. We even had the info from the carrier saying that our premiums were barely changing! This started to wake me up to the fuckery we were dealing with.

It was kind of a blur from there until about 2015 when Trump announced he was running. I had already lost a lot of friends and everything social was slowly being abandoned by folks not on the far left. Video games were pretty much destroyed by this point. Movies. Music. Bars. Live music. EVERYTHING. DESTROYED.

Most of my friends were now gone, those that hadn't already killed themselves or overdosed to death didn't want to be friends anymore because I was still the same guy I had always been.

After that, the internet devolved into absolute circle jerks. Doesn't matter which side, the progressive mindset had taken hold. You're now stuck in the progressive world of oppressor/oppressed.

You're good OR bad. There is no inbetween. The actions don't matter. There is no logic, only emotion. FROM EVERY SIDE.

They played us good and they have far more control than many want to accept or see.

Wikileaks to prove it:

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3599

It's time for folks to wake the fuck up and really dig deep and think about shit. Think about where you are, what you do, how you act, and what you believe.

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Stonesolo [S] 10 points ago +10 / -0

Social media pretty much has ruined this country!

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tom_terrific2 1 point ago +1 / -0

Originally, it was touted as a way to bring people and ideas together, but we all know why and how it took a dark turn.

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runeu 7 points ago +7 / -0

Back in the 90s and early 2000s, you still had to look for the news. You had to turn on that channel, or pick up the paper. This allowed people to refresh their minds while they're out and about around the world.

Today, people are getting constant notifications delivered to them directly on their phones. All day. Every hour. Mostly politics, all sensationalized to provoke strong emotions. Doesn't matter if you're at work, home, or in your car. People choose not to escape it because their addicted to their devices, so they won't ever really think for themselves again.

People don't go from thinking trannies are weird in the 90s to "stunning and brave please dominate women's sports" in the 2010s without constant condidtioning to get there.

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MrBlack 10 points ago +10 / -0

This is how communism looks, a bunch of political royalty and corporate monopolies as oligarchs, and the media/big tech willingly spewing the propaganda

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PurestEvil 6 points ago +6 / -0

Difference: We have internet. In the past communication was slow, difficult and through physical means. We can fight back this time.

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MrBlack 8 points ago +8 / -0

I'm glad we have this site, everything else is super censored.

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Onemoretime11 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yup

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consumptiveballerina 4 points ago +4 / -0

I used to think they don't care what we want. Now I realize they know what we want and are actively destroying it. This illegitimate government is our enemy in our fight to save the Republic.

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mclsusan 3 points ago +3 / -0

......Who works for terrorist countries.

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Onemoretime11 3 points ago +3 / -0

We have no government, all we have are communist prancing around shouting orders

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YouNeedVPN 2 points ago +2 / -0

†most in the USA

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CovfefeAnon 2 points ago +2 / -0

Mostly legitimate government

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FrankWisner 1 point ago +1 / -0

Future Dead People refuse to authenticate election results by coding ballots to unique, verifiably legally registered voters.

"I see dead people."

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Grandmother4 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes that’s so true 😢

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PurplePoloPlayer 1 point ago +2 / -1

There’s only one way to fix it and voting for MAGA party candidates ain’t it.