>RE: and y'all act like the right-wing propaganda complex
>y'all act like they haven't invested BILLIONS of dollars and
>30 years to get to a point where they can tell people
>literally anything and they will believe them. They have waged
>a protracted war on science, on education and on journalism.
>Really they've waged a protracted war on critical thought.
>
>You don't have to make a case when you teach people no matter
>what you are always right and anyone else is always wrong.
>Then you can feed people bullshit and they'll not only eat it,
>they'll ask for more.
>
>So please stop with the 'well they just have to make the case'
>the Republicans don't have a case but they've worked REALLY
>hard for a really long time so they don't even have to make
>one.
>
>
>The Democrats do, and making cases is hard. Thinking is hard.
>Democracy is hard. And all of it takes time and effort. But if
>you don't allow for that you're not a democratic society
>anyway. That's the risk.
>
>(That's why baseline a third of people want authoritarianism.
>They want to be told what to think and they want to be
>relieved of that burden no matter the cost to themselves but
>particularly to others)
>
>Most of all, the very systems in place to combat this shit
>y'all can't be bothered to understand and think are 'too hard
>to understand,' 'too boring' or 'wypipo palace intrigue that
>doesn't affect me'.