People very much don't like being confronted with knowledge of their own indoctrination and brainwashing.
They'll fight you tooth, claw, and nail to prevent you from exposing it.
They'll hide behind obfuscation, sophistry, and cognative bias to remain nestled in their delusions
When I was a kid, we were broke, but I could step outside and find 10 to 20 kids to play with at any given moment.
We explored the woods, built forts, invented games and stories and rude songs.
That glorious anarchy of adult-free roaming seems to be gone forever now…
Why?
I'm gonna try being gay this month for the sweet discounts. Who wants to be my plus one for fun and frivolity? 🌈
Taking applications now. List your qualifications:
If someone can split hairs over ‘liberal’ vs ‘leftist’ vs ‘democratic socialist’ but pretends there’s no distinction between free‑market capitalism and crony capitalism, you’ve learned everything you need to know about their intellectual honesty.
@BooneW I agree. Silence isn't violence, specifically because one is action and the other is the opposite of action.
However, you and I both have already agreed that taxation is violence. So what are we discussing?