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I think the parent is being sarcastic.
by KerrAvon 1y ago
I think the parent is being sarcastic.
- magicalhippo 1y agoFair point, my sarcasm detector was recharging.
- moshegramovsky 1y agoThe current administration promised to lower prices immediately. I guess I'm not understanding why it hasn't happened yet. He wouldn't have promised something that he knew he could never deliver, because that would make him a demagogue.
- rvba 1y agoPrices will be lower just after Ukraine war ends in 1 day
- mindslight 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law I do get that we're all looking for different ways to cope or engage with the gremlins destroying the wings of our country, but this really doesn't help.
- moshegramovsky 1y agoI never heard of Poe's Law until now. I have watched YouTubers successfully make psychological inroads with people who support the current administration by saying things like "Trump either meant what he said or he's a demagogue. We'll see how it turns out." Or by acknowledging their belief that Trump is a successful business man, but by including the truth right after it. I'll say "Yeah he's definitely a very successful businessman, which is why it's so surprising that he managed to wipe 5 trillion dollars worth of value from the stock market, which has hurt a ton of people." This is exactly how propaganda works. A lie and then truth, or truth and then a lie. It's amazingly effective.
- mindslight 1y agoI get where you're coming from, but I would think that relies on having a personal one-on-one connection rather than drive by comments. This forum is also much closer to the true believers who are well aware the goal isn't effective government, but rather to destroy our current society in favor of tech/corpo authoritarianism (which they think will be based on voluntary participation due to having defined away all of the ways in which it isn't).