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There is no 'average person', and humans aren't nearly as rational as we pretend
Every person is a genetic shotgun approach to survival of the fittest, and since we took over the world we changed what that means
Right now, the sociopathic, empathy-free causal cruelty inflicters are on top, and this run-up has been deliberately generated through all the heinous acts repugnicans have done to cripple education, healthcare and worker's rights. It is a narcissist's world and they occupy ALL the top positions of power
And it's not just the U.S., fascism is on the rise worldwide along with the population of young disenfranchised men who are the grass roots support
ALL THE FUCKING THREADS have been there since Nixon's fall, and I am so fucking tired of arguing with people BOTH on the right and left that we are heading down a truly dangerous path. None of you understand what a world with the most powerful military in the world being controlled by fascists looks like
This study is so amazingly redundant and the results of this are ALREADY known to anyone with a MAGA family member. But still people will argue that nothing strange or bad is really going on and now we see exactly how Germany slipped into fascism
The world is already on fire, what are you doing to put it out?