• tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
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    Either you solve the problems of the working people, or you blame it all on immigrants and minorities.

    Only one of these approaches is consistent with what the oligarchs want.

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        Remember the “welfare queen”? Reagan literally invented that, there was no such woman, he just made up a woman living like nobility on government “handouts”, and even though it was all shown to be a sham, the right still uses that phrase.

        “I don’t care that it’s fake. It still pisses me off!”

        Edit: My comment was drunk and hyperbolic, please see below comment for clarification

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          Reagan literally invented that, there was no such woman

          There was one woman, specifically, who was identified, arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned. Reagan’s media team then generalized the singular incident into a massive national conspiracy by an entire ethnic demographic.

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      If there was money in helping society, they would. There’s just way more profit in chaos, hatred, and destruction.