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[-] Michal@programming.dev 13 points 23 hours ago

The rest apparently don't care either way

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com -2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

They're not to blame. They've been convinced by a powerful, wealthy propaganda machine that their identity is more important than their planet, their children's futures, or their own basic human rights. They were scared, tired, desperate, and when the machine came for them and it felt so good they bought it without checking the receipt. They've been tricked into giving away their futures and they are going to suffer for it. They're stupid, but they're not evil.

[-] Saryn@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Your logic completely nullifies human capacity for agency and thus makes no sense whatsoever. Conditioning is important but it does not negate responsibility. Not yet anyway...

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com 0 points 18 hours ago

If my argument nullified the capacity for agency then propaganda could not exist.

I am saying that propaganda was used to make people vote for Trump. Without that propaganda, they may have voted in their own interests, like protecting bodily autonomy and basic human rights.

Propaganda is the thing that swayed them.

Some people are defenseless to it. They never stood a chance against the billion-dollar machine built specifically to win their vote. I feel sorry for them because they were tricked into giving away their futures.

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