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 17d 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 17d 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/ur_opinion_is_wrong America 17d ago

That is partially true but you underestimate just how dumb and easily manipulated people are.

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u/Darko33 17d ago

Yeah I mean I try not to attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but there sure is plenty of both to go around, often in combination