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This is what my anti communist mom and father-in-law have been telling me. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think a part of it, in the west at least, is the 24 hour news cycle that is constantly fearmongering. Conservatives are reactionary, and the best way to get people to just react instead of act is to freak out the lizard part of the brain and make it think they are constantly under attack.

[โ€“] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

freak out the lizard part of the brain

speaks in Burgerland

Aha! So the lizard people are running the country. I've got you now, commie!