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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 83 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

A bad economy and uncertain future make people very afraid. It’s tempting to stick your head in the sand, blame all your problems on a specific demographic, then trust dear leader will punish the people that made you scared.

It’s completely divorced from reality, but reality sucks right now. People are scared. They’re taking the blue pill to feel better and pretend the horror all around them isn’t happening. They won’t max out their credit cards and become homeless. Dear Leader will fix things before that happens.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 48 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can blame all your problems on a specific demographic: the rich.

It's always been a class war.

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Food and shelter slowly become unaffordable, mass layoffs as large corporations automate, and the planet itself burns. All to feed the richest human beings who have ever walked the earth with more wealth.

Weekdays crushing the hopes and dreams of everyone on earth. Weekends at Epstein’s island. Monsters in human form.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

you think they dont do the crushing from their phones at pedo island?

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

well, that escalated quickly. :,-(

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In Germany, at least, those people aren't even worried about the real issues, like climate change, but about made-up issues like the green party destroying our economy (they're not), immigrants raping women left and right (they aren't) and that we aren't using nuclear energy anymore and are relying more and more on renewables (it's not causing any issues and pushing down energy price)

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

you literally described fascism

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, when I get worried about stability the last thing I want to do is start attacking other people and creating even more enemies. I get that it’s not so simple and not so instantaneous a choice, but still.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

they care about certainty more than truth, so theres always a bit if disconnect.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

needing certainty more than truth is pathological as fuck.