• CTHlurker [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Didn't Covid kinda disprove this? If the brain-worms are sufficiently advanced, they can absolutely trump material reality. In particular I'm thinking about the hundreds of thousands of people who know someone who died of COVID, and is still refusing to either get vaccinated or wear masks, or do literally anything to prevent themselves from becoming the next corpse on the pile.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The issue with COVID was lack of response. Because there was no material aid and good active education going on, it allowed more insidious fascist propaganda to slip in.

      There wasn't a solid safety net, and tons of people lost their jobs.