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Richest country on earth. Destroyed many nations and killed millions for cheap treats to flow. But we still have starving families (hexbear.net)

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I don’t know how people’s hearts aren’t filled with hatred

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Americans believe that 20%-30% of Americans are trans, Muslim, and millionaires. I am not kidding

https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fpolitics%2Farticles-reports%2F2022%2F03%2F15%2Famericans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

20%-30% of Americans are trans,

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These insane figures I guess are what lead people into "great replacement" type right wing conspiracy stuff... or maybe the conspiracies lead into these insane figures...

[-] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

some of that is media overrepresenation, but I also think some of it is that you don't notice when things are normal/what you'd expect. Like, it would be weird to walk into a cracker barrel and think "lotta white people here." Might as well walk into a gas station and be shocked by the cigarettes.