The military industrial complex was/is pure evil, obviously. Most of the left seemed to get that. I wondered what the actual frack was wrong with the right that they couldn't SEE something so obvious.
The pharmaceutical industrial complex is pure evil, obviously. Most of the right seems to get that. Now I wonder what the actual frack is wrong with the left that they can't SEE something so obvious.
The people who fell for both lies are easier to understand - some people are just very naive and trust all authority.
But how do people see through one set of obvious lies, and fall for the other?? It makes no sense to me. You think the the military OR the pharmaceutical industrial complex is obviously a bunch of corrupt greedy organizations run by lying sociopaths....but you DON'T think that the other one is too? Really?? WHY?
I was amazed at all of my vegan friends (now former friends) who spent decades battling the machine and then promptly bent over to accommodate anything and everything the machine wanted to stick in them. Belief in Progress is a hell of a drug.
There seems to be a connection between atheism and an obsession with health and safety. Perhaps it's because of a fear of death. Maybe the dividing line isn't between deplorable and PMC but between belief in an afterlife and belief in becoming worm food (as my co-worker calls her death.)
Yes, exactly. If you believe you only live once, the idea of death after having all of your perks and creature comforts stripped away because is absolutely terrifying.
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Date: 2021-11-05 08:51 pm (UTC)The military industrial complex was/is pure evil, obviously. Most of the left seemed to get that. I wondered what the actual frack was wrong with the right that they couldn't SEE something so obvious.
The pharmaceutical industrial complex is pure evil, obviously. Most of the right seems to get that. Now I wonder what the actual frack is wrong with the left that they can't SEE something so obvious.
The people who fell for both lies are easier to understand - some people are just very naive and trust all authority.
But how do people see through one set of obvious lies, and fall for the other?? It makes no sense to me. You think the the military OR the pharmaceutical industrial complex is obviously a bunch of corrupt greedy organizations run by lying sociopaths....but you DON'T think that the other one is too? Really?? WHY?
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