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    3 years ago

    “I’m not a conspiracy theorist and I’m not a socialist. I’ve never read a Karl Marx book and I don’t know anything about the ideology, but it’s obviously happening because… well, those people are obviously socialists. Why else would they be doing all of these things?”

    “Because I’m from a western country, I have to have access to better information than the average person in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. I can’t possibly be mistaken about what I think is happening in other parts of the world. I know better than they do!”

    “I’m an expert on the Third World because I’ve read a couple of books with some pretty pictures in them. I’ve also got a few friends who’ve been to Africa… they’re really nice people, by the way. Anyway, I’ve got the best information about how people in other parts of the world think and act, so it’s obvious that I’m right.”

    “If Cuba’s infant mortality rate is lower than the United States, it means that the only reason our infant mortality rate is higher is because of a communist conspiracy. If it were really a capitalist country, our infant mortality rate would be lower. After all, we’re the best country ever, so the only reason it isn’t is because of a capitalist conspiracy.”