This is why the theory of third world development & first world class consciousness evolved way past the point which our friends on twitter are beginning to reach.

  • Sons_of_Ferrix
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    7 months ago

    Since Clinton's presidency upwards of 50% of Americans are in service work, very few people are in these industries where people actually take propaganda seriously.

    Yeah and a lot of those workers still make enough for afford Xboxes and meat on their plates for all 3 meals a day. They're getting fucked by the housing market and it pisses them off, but it hasn't occurred to most them that having a government with an actual socialist housing policy may mean having to cut back on the treats. There's a reason why NATO-anarchism is the most popular leftist current in the West.

    • ivy@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      it hasn’t occurred to them

      I mean, what structure is there to translate their political will into reality in order to assume this not happening is because of a lack of interest? Also stamping shit out is getting more expensive as things get worse. All the main orgs here are not just compromised but a hydra that's part of the NGO complex.

      NATO-anarchism is the most popular leftist current in the West

      what metrics are we even using here. wouldn't that be larger shitty-unionism? what are you basing this off of?

      • Sons_of_Ferrix
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        7 months ago

        what are you basing this off of?

        The fact that for every one ML I encounter in the west I encounter about 20-30 succs or "anarchists-who-want-to-nuke-Iran"

    • ivy@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      Everyone's pretty high too, and US central banking is a smorgasbord of international organized drug smuggling. It's less about people thinking everything is just fine and more about them being caught in a vise and trying not to get arrested again, rented to Wendy's or a Clinton mansion out of prison if they fuck that up.

      This whole place is a prison for a lot of people. A LOT of them.

      • Sons_of_Ferrix
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        7 months ago

        No offense but you keep going on weird tangents that are barely related to what I'm talking about. Like your last comment got into propaganda when propaganda wasn't what I was talking about, I was talking about how I think most humans value treat accessibility way more than we may think, to the point many would even be willing to sacrifice a certain degree of housing security for cheap treats. NYT readership has nothing to do with that.

        I don't think access to weed really affects what I'm trying to illuminate here either.