• a lil bee 🐝@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Conspiracy theories, “XINOs”, the uni party, “the votes are rigged”. Where have I heard all of this before? Oh right, MTG. I’ll pass on this populist drivel, thank you. And for fucks sake can we all just let MLK rest in his fucking grave instead of trotting him out for every unrelated argument online?

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      Funny how folks like the person you responded to think they are the most enlightened individuals and that everyone else just doesn’t get it. They act like thinking for themselves is parroting buzzwords they heard on the “news”, talk radio, or some private facebook group.

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        That’s what populism is. Rule of the uneducated, driven by nothing but passion. It’s a legal mob, ripping through the government with pitchforks and torches. I think horseshoe theory is shit, but this is why it exists. Populists don’t rule with law, they rule with anger. That’s the one time I’ll agree with “both sides”, even if I’m likely gonna be on the side that would “win” under a populist left gov. If there is anything the last decade has given me, it’s a burning displeasure with populists who refuse to measure their passions with law and the ideals behind it.