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Reading this, I find it funny how so many people have an image of their "enemies" in their minds and laugh at the idiocy they've mentally constructed for these
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Reading this, I find it funny how so many people have an image of their "enemies" in their minds and laugh at the idiocy they've mentally constructed for these enemies.
- VRay 5y agoEvery time Communism comes up on Reddit I see a thread like OP's satirizing I don't know if I've ever seen anyone spouting that philosophy on HackerNews though..
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- ctdonath 5y agoReading this, I find it funny how way back in the heyday of Usenet it dawned on me "people really believe this stuff!", for a wide array of stuff. Yes, many people do construct a mental strawman and take great pleasure in assigning & attacking it. It's also interesting how many actually do believe such strawman-like absurdities in earnest. Yes, there are people who construct an image of "but real communism has never been tried!" types and impute the term so they can attack; there are also people who truly believe "but real communism has never been tried!".
- swayvil 5y agoI wouldn't know. The post was "flagged". Which is apparently newspeak for "censored". This 1984 shit is getting so casual.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoshowdead: yes in preferences (which you can open by clicking on your username)
- swayvil 5y agothx