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[–] Elting@piefed.social 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah they were psychotic crackheads that ran their country into the ground too. Almost like there is some kind of through line with fascist thinking.

[–] jode@pawb.social 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, meth, but still

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Yeah, and they were grifters too.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It does feel like stupidity makes people buy into conservatism, and then fuck everything else up.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its fear and anxiety that make them stupid.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its the other way around. People are afraid of what they don't understand.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Ignorance of a world with an ever changing social structure, drives fear and anxiety in those who don't understand that. That fear and anxiety can be exploited at large to get people to make irrational decisions that benefit only a few.