• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Private and public? So just schools in general? Or is home schooling ok? Oh, but I’m sure you want some books burned first.

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      5 months ago

      His blood alcohol level is dropping below 1%, somebody get this man some malt liquor

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      When I was young, an age ago, the word terrorist had a specific meaning, which was someone committing shocking acts to strike fear and hysteria into the general public and thereby influence society and policy.

      Then 9/11 happened and although the 19 attackers were most definitely terrorists by the old definition, somehow the definition drifted until it meant “inhuman opponent against whom we are justified to suspend the rules and respond in any way we want to.”

      Ironically, this usage itself is designed to inspire fear and keep people from looking too closely at what’s happening. “Oh no! Terrorists! Fine! Just kill them! Keep us safe!” Using people’s fear to justify whatever our military and government want to do comes ominously close to the old definition of terrorism.

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      Given that their distractions have increasingly become as destructive if not even moreso than the thing they’re distracting from, it’s possible.

      More likely that’s it’s just culture war bombast designed to reinforce the whole “everyone except us are evil and dangerous” groupthink that they’re using for cohesion, though, IMO.

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        I consider that culture war bombast to also be distraction so people don’t fight back against them billionaires.

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          Well yeah. That’s what I mean by ensuring cohesion: make them think that every vulnerable and persecuted population group is destroying their lives so that they don’t notice that the least vulnerable and most privileged of all people are the ones ACTUALLY doing so.

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    5 months ago

    If I was one of the few humans in the USA that was a bigger piece of shit than Charlie Kirk, I’d probably be keeping my fucking mouth shut right now.

    And I sure wish his fucking liver would hurry the fuck up.

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    All schooling? Sounds like Steve Bannon wants to ban home schooling and wants to make Sunday school illegal.

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    I live in Oklahoma and what they are doing with the public school system is terrifying. Our kids are already at a disadvantage and now they are adding Christian bs and getting rid of books. The next generation of kids to come out of Oklahomas public schools are going to be indoctrinated on a terrifying level

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    I remember growing up that everyone knew what Marxism is and had a thoroughly developed class consciousness. Everyone was capable of developing a critique of capital. He might be onto something. It explains why America has such strong labor, free universal healthcare, and no bourgeoisie.

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    Reminder that Bannon plead guilty for fraud because he created a fake “build the wall group” that asked for donations to build a racist wall. Bannon instead pocketed the money using it to live in lavish luxury.

    Dude is opposed to schools because he needs more people to fleece.

    If you want him to succumb to alcoholism faster send him whiskey. Preferably made in mexico to keep his blood pressure up.

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      Okay that’s kind of hilarious. Absolutely vile, evil guy but I’m not going to hold that one against him. Just wish I’d thought of it first