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  • It’s a problem of propaganda. All the mass media is owned by a few wealthy interests. A lot of people only get information from mass media. Media which regularly gave a seditious tractor like trump undue respect and deference for fear of 'losing access". When they don’t treat him with the disdain and animosity he rightly deserves. People question whether what he did was actually that unusual or even bad.

    Yes they saw what happened January 6th, but most of the media doesn’t even bother to mention it much now. So it must not have been that big of a deal right? All a bunch of overblown hyperbole and bluster like Republicans accusations against Democrats. So they just “both sides” it all. Handwaving it away, thinking themselves above it and superior. Only bothering to latch on to talking points they like. Which only makes things worse seeing how bad Democrats are at playing the media compared to republicans.



  • Well the real key on that is to stop looking at it as us and them. Because they are us. When it really comes down to it they generally want the same thing. They just let themselves get distracted with culture war issues. Dehumanizing and othering people who aren’t them. Just as we are easily susceptible to stories media and Outlets that dehumanize and other them or tying them as the problem.

    They think wealthy Democrats are to blame for all their problems. If we are being extremely generous they might be 10 to 25% correct. Whereas Democrats and many progressives feel it is wealthy Republicans that are to blame. Which again 75 to 80% correct. Which is just how the people who are the problems like it. Continuing to make it an US versus them thing. When the truth is it doesn’t matter what party they pretend to be in. It’s on the wallpapers that are the problem. And that’s something both Republican voters and everyone else can really agree when you get down to it. But that is what would really terrify the people who are the problem. If we were to unite against them.

    Though as an anarchist that may just be my personal views.








  • I’m some 5ish years younger. You’re not wrong. Typically if I watch anything political at all it’s majority report with Sam Cedar. Rarely any of the highly politics involved younger millennials etc. I’ve seen Hasan, and while I think some of his stances are good. He has some major issues, and is way too obsessed with courting a specific demographic however. Leaving him a very unreliable narrator.

    Vaush, what I know of him, has said some extremely stupid shit in the past. From what I’ve seen however, he just kind of doesn’t give a fuck what others think about him. And he doesn’t suck up to groups like Hasan seems to. When he’s discussing a concept he tends to be pretty direct and academic about it. Not afraid to call out any groups deserving. Even though I don’t always agree with him, typically I can respect the differences. Where I can’t with others.