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>I guess that's been true for centuries, but I don't see what it has to do with militias. Like everyone with a bad idea, they want to say 'this time it's differ
by tedks 11y ago
>I guess that's been true for centuries, but I don't see what it has to do with militias. Like everyone with a bad idea, they want to say 'this time it's different'.
Well, automation is going to start taking away knowledge worker jobs soon, so many intelligent people might find themselves in rather dire circumstances.
It's certainly unfair to compare rightism to flat-earthism. If you can't admit that there are people as smart or smarter than you who have opposite political views, you're hopelessly blinded by partisanship.
- hackuser 11y ago> It's certainly unfair to compare rightism to flat-earthism I didn't; I was talking about fringe movements planning for the collapse of civilization. They certainly do not represent the right wing.
- tedks 11y agoBy definition no extremist represents the center or the average of their political ideology. But extremists exist and occasionally are very intelligent.