I advocated lockdowns combined with strong social safety net protections and a thorough testing regime and the person still said "yeah but the other effects." When I pressed as to what effects, they said "well children won't be able to socialize." Like yeah.... that's bad, but you know what else can effect a child's mental health: mommy/daddy/granpa/grandma/etc dying from a totally preventable pathogen.... Jesus and this person is in "academia" doing anthro and shit....

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I get yelled at every time I say this. More and more I think the only way out of this is a revolution, and it wouldn't be a clean one. Academics are mostly awful though. Thoroughly anti-proletarian people.

    • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      My dad has a philosophy PHD but doesn't understand Marxism for shit and is as lib as they come. Every time I mention I'm a communist, he just defaults to "BUT BUT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE USSR?"

      • bananon [he/him]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        BUT BUT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE USSR?

        It was good :chad-stalin:

        • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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          3 years ago

          Exactly. Next time he brings it up, I'll come ready with stats about their industrialization, life expectancy increases, and caloric intake compared to the USA at a similar timeframe.