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Billionaires Are Lying Shamelessly to Convince Us To Destroy Our Government
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You reap what you sow, amirite? Even if sometimes you don't know what you're sowing.
Yep, dont really know what she expected though since our ancestors while bastards were historically progressive and the founders were violent revolutionaries including the weird internal infighting. I do wonder how many "conservative" men are like me and are just surrounded by idiots, ive met a few who completely dropped the act once I said some distinctly non conservative terms like syndicalism, armament of the masses, and bougie bastards so its certainly higher than one would probably expect.
That may be a real thing, but also we're at this weird place where modern "conservativism" is getting morphed into a sort of semi-anti-authoritarian movement. It's unfortunate though that the sentiment is getting co-opted by grifters rather than channeled into actual progress.
Yeah its making it weird, though I do know for a fact most of the reds in sheeps clothes ive found were lefties surrounded by idiots. But yeah a couple sub groups of conservatives seem to be going into a conserve against authority and corporations, which while a good first step in theory they are also wrapped up in false trad bullshit. I cant wait to read the sociological books on this era in a decade.
Here's an interesting article I read recently somewhat related to this topic: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/the-deep-historical-forces-that-explain-trumps-win
Like specifically how/why anti-authoritarians are somehow teaming up with grifter billionaires as of late.
Oh I generally know the why, im just curious on how itd evolve. Such things only stay stable for so long since due to its innate pressures anti-authority tendencies will turn on all authority given enough time. My personal theory is that once Trump is dead they will est his hanger ons alive.
Interesting theory. We shall see!