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[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Then you should visit Colstrip, Montana or similar coal towns. The propaganda works very well when it's taught from before birth and everyone goes along even if they don't agree!

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

See, I understand that. What I dont understand is why every other non-coal town trump supporter didn’t immediately understand that this was a stupid as fuck grift immediately after hearing it.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 15 points 3 weeks ago

You simply can't criticize your own team.

And that attitude has metastacized into something even worse in the last decade or so.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cognitive dissonance and cultism.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Its just really frustrating at how easy it is. Like really fucking disheartening.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

3-4 decades of crippling public education can do that

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but I live in Alberta, and I don’t feel like a lot of the things I see have much to do with what I learned in public education. Maybe I’m wrong.

[–] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you explain for everybody who doesn't want to fly into the USA to visit a coal town in Montana what one will see there?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I think you should visit.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 7 points 3 weeks ago

You're fooling no one, American coal board tourism tsar, or whatever the crazy fuck.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sure. Give me till after work and I'll write up my memory and some experiences.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The propaganda works well when it the smog goes into the air and comes down as a natural occurrence beyond our control, especially when it disproportionately affects those eastward in the Jetstream. You know, the north/mid Atlantic coastal elites (just don't mention Appalachian Pennsylvania)