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NullifyAndSecede 375 points ago +376 / -1

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.

― H.L. Mencken

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BillBelichick 56 points ago +68 / -12

An awesome Mencken quote that is worth keeping in mind. It applies to climate change as much as it does to Mexican caravans. Stay vigilant pedes.

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FireannDireach 23 points ago +25 / -2

I figured this out years ago. The libs are always mad at someone or something, and if they can't find something, they'll make it up.

Remember when eggs were gonna kill us all? Then they "discovered" the science behind that was bogus, and turns out they're wonderful, tasty protein bombs.

Manufactured crisis has been stock in trade of the liberals since the 60's, probably before that. "All is well" doesn't exist in the liberal mindset.

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KaliyugaNavigator 11 points ago +13 / -2

>they "discovered" the science behind that was bogus

What actually happened was the industry started buying the studies. There was one where they came to the conclusion an egg lowers your cholesterol bc the study used an entire McDonald’s breakfast combo as the comparison

Protip: the trillion dollar Big Ag industry doesn’t give a rat shit about your health