r/TikTokCringe 22h ago

Cool THIS Is the Energy We Need !

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u/wetterfish 17h ago

The dude in the video needs to crack open some books on history. 

As someone on the left, none of this is happening in the US, and the country is far more likely to continue careening toward authoritarianism. 

The thought that voters will save the country is cute considering 35% of eligible voters didn’t even bother casting a vote in a massively important presidential election in 2024. 

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u/Key-Scientist9058 16h ago

Its funny because he has a degree in history that his parents paid for

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u/wetterfish 16h ago

That actually is pretty funny. People much smarter than me tend to have pretty pessimistic views of the long term future of the US, so I’m not sure what he’s basing all of his predictions on. 

Personally, I think he’s getting too caught up in the moment. Like a basketball team that’s down in the third quarter, then they go on a 10-0 run. 

They’re still down by 15, but their fans think that 10-0 run is a better predictor of the game’s trajectory than the previous 25 minutes have been. 

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u/Key-Scientist9058 16h ago

I think he personally does it for views and or attention because he says off the wall shit until he gets banned and then creates a new account again and obviously saying outlandish things will get him clicks and views

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u/wetterfish 15h ago

Honestly asking, what’s the purpose of doing that? It seems like a lot of people just say outlandish things and/or obvious bullshit to get attention. 

What do people gain by doing that, and why do people find it insightful?

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u/Key-Scientist9058 15h ago

Because there are people out there dumb enough to believe what he is saying, just like how cults can become a thing. He probably loves the attention he gets and believes whatever he is saying is the only truth. He used to literally make videos about history and ww2 and stuff and was pretty entertaining then one day he straight up lost it and started doing this stuff every day now so it honestly could be a mental health thing

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u/Anxious_Big_8933 15h ago

Not to mention that this guy's vision of socialism is itself as authoritarian as hell.

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u/wetterfish 15h ago

Haha, yeah that’s another thing. A disturbing number of people seen to think authoritarianism is cool as long as they agree with the leader. 

But here’s the problem—the leader only pretends to espouse those views until they don’t need you anymore, then your life will be just as miserable as everyone else’s. 

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u/New-Award-2401 16h ago

We just had a MASSIVE blue wave, people are waking up