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And guess what ... most of the people who 'did what they could' just kept driving their cars. 'What choice did we have?' None.

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[–] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

billionares and super wealthy government officials and fossil-fuel execs who get paid too-much-to-say-no to burning the world with you in it

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lookup fascism.

It's anyone "they" convince you is "them".

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget to check out which people use the "Us vs Them" mentality the most :)

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Using it to describe the vernacular is different than employing the tactic.

Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin are all dead.

Seems it's a safe thing to describe it.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Trump is very much alive and kicking

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why is it a safe way to describe it? Just because you deem yourself on the "right side" doesn't make the mentality any less dangerous.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -5 points 5 days ago

.......are you an insane person?

For fucking real. What exactly are you trying to justify here in this comment?