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I think the main problem with hesitancy is enormous mistrust to the government and to the state. The very same problem that led to Trump's victory. For decades
by shmel 5y ago
I think the main problem with hesitancy is enormous mistrust to the government and to the state. The very same problem that led to Trump's victory. For decades people in power fuck the working class over, poor people repeatedly watch the government going against their interest and getting in bed with rich corporations all while lying through their teeth how they totally care about everyone. Now the government comes back and says: "please take this vaccine, it is really for your own sake, trust us, this time for real we truly care about you". What do you expect them to do?
People on here laugh at those drinking bleach to "own the libs", oh those stupid conservatives. Have you ever considered how much you have to antagonize and anger people to push them to do this?!
This is not about the virus, as they say. This is not about the vaccine either. Many people across the world feel angry, ignored for years and powerless to change the status quo. They are miserable and see absolute contempt from the politicians. The same ones who now call for them to end the pandemic ASAP and go back to how things were before. The whole antivax fake news stuff taps directly into people's mistrust. When you live for years with the feeling "omg, these people are definitely lying to me", it takes just a few videos to confirm this: "oh yeah, they are _definitely_ lying to me and I am not alone to realize this". Go figure this out first.
- watwut 5y agoBut, Trump voters are not primary poor. If it is mistrust toward the state, how come it comes from the same groups that treat calls for police accountability as attack on police, support both military and police in pretty much any situation? That pushes for having cops as armed as possible? The same groups that right now managed to make abortion fully impossible in Texas? Whose primary approach to social issues is to make punishments higher? If it is against corporations, why is it coming from the same party that is actively and systematically working to make corporations stronger? > People on here laugh at those drinking bleach to "own the libs", oh those stupid conservatives. Have you ever considered how much you have to antagonize and anger people to push them to do this?! Have you considered that the whole "own the libs" and "trigger the libs" is conscious attempt to make your opponents angry? And that those opponents do react to it too? That is the whole point, antagonize people you are owning or triggering. And that is somehow fault of people who you go out of way to antagonize?
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