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Those people help vote in bad politicians, but their propaganda is fed by opportunistic and wealthy. It's a cycle, but it's definitely "top-down" at least if yo
by mcbuilder 2y ago
Those people help vote in bad politicians, but their propaganda is fed by opportunistic and wealthy. It's a cycle, but it's definitely "top-down" at least if you want to ascribe actual malice.
- 082349872349872 2y agoAccording to Goldstein, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism (appearing in [Orwell49]), there are two possible governing coalitions in any society: Low+High (vs Middle) or Low+Middle (vs High). If both Low and Middle were to agree the High ought be taxed, it would be to the High's advantage to stoke culture wars between Low and Middle in an effort to ensure the first coalition. (posted before at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39826408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39826408 )
- CuriouslyC 2y agoThere are wealthy people on both sides of the equation. The braindead mouthbreather contingent is much larger on one side of the spectrum.