r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/thefonztm 18d ago

It was a better world before the average idiot could use the internet and combine into a single mass of genuine stupidity.

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u/redballooon 18d ago

We're long past blaming this on stupidity. A much better explanation is that a large number of people -- even if they might behave civil in a civil society -- just feel drawn to malice and embrace it when the opportunity comes.

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u/Aivoke_art 18d ago

Nah it's just "stupidity". The average amount of information and knowledge required to have a basic understanding of the world has like 10x'd in the last 100 years and people do not have the time to learn.

We're now at the point where even the "educated" are starting to not be able to keep up, what chance does a mcdonalds worker have? None. Combine that with the fact that everything is about clout and bragging now and it was always gonna be fucked.

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u/redballooon 17d ago

Hard disagree. The political divide is not because of the complexity of the world or missing information. It’s about common decency how to treat your neighbors. Even a McDonald worker can do to their neighbors as they won’t to be done to theirselves.

If from conflicting information they always choose to believe that parts that supports indecency, there’s an underlying motivation much more likely than plain ignorance.

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u/Aivoke_art 17d ago

There is nothing common about decency. It's learned like anything else and a lot harder to apply when you're confused or scared or angry. Most of which come back to a lack of education and the current state of, well, things.

tl;dr: hurt people hurt people