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> It’s only a matter of time until they realize that they were the intended targets of the cuts, not accidental damage. I suspect that other scapegoats can be
by silverquiet 2y ago
> It’s only a matter of time until they realize that they were the intended targets of the cuts, not accidental damage.
I suspect that other scapegoats can be found to blame for their problems; as you say, their news sources will offer them all sorts of filters to deflect blame from the obvious source.
- xnx 2y ago> I suspect that other scapegoats can be found to blame for their problems Woke, Biden, DEI, Obama, trans, Hillary, Soros, gays, illegals, fluoride. Take your pick.
- martythemaniak 2y ago> Take your pick. Now now, there's no need to choose, you can just blame all of them all at once!
- brookst 2y agoYou forgot vaccines, education, NATO, porn, the courts, Canada, women, and renewable energy. My biggest mystery is how these people have the energy to hate so many things so deeply. It sounds exhausting.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoThey don’t hate constantly, only when thinking about politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Minutes_Hate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Minutes_Hate > The political purpose of the Two Minutes Hate is to allow the citizens of Oceania to vent their existential anguish and personal hatred toward politically expedient enemies: Goldstein and the enemy super-state of the moment. In re-directing the members' subconscious feelings away from the Party's governance of Oceania and toward non-existent external enemies, the Party minimises thoughtcrime and the consequent subversive behaviours of thoughtcriminals. The only thing it gets wrong is the variety of Goldsteins.
- CoastalCoder 2y agoSounds like the inspiration for a catchy but very dark Billy Joel song.