• classic
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    More like business interests versus you. The state is what we make it

    • @makyo
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      Yep, this is the right answer. The wealthy would love us to use any division (including us vs. the state) to distract us from the war they’ve been waging on us for decades.

    • @SlopppyEngineer
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      Then you get this one

      “You can’t trust the government.”

      “But you are the government.”

      “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”

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    This is confusing because the issue is federal right now. It’s the Feds against you. Many of the States are actually our last line of defense right now.

    I get that state is being used outside of our “states”, but again, more confusing than clever.

  • @blackbelt352
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    At this point, it’s not even the state any more, it’s just capitalists.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s not capitalists, it’s fascists. Corruption without virtually any checks is the problem. In short, it’s greed.

      Democratic socialism was a really great dream many of us had before our country began deteriorating. It’s still a great vision.

  • @stupidcasey
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    Well by that logic we should always choose the weakest possible government, that’s small state talk, sounds kinda red to me.

    • LenaOP
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      412 hours ago

      By small state republicans mean a state that only supports the rich

    • @[email protected]
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      Yep when one side is actively and rabidly empowering the elites in massive numbers with religious fervor it’s a battle of rationality versus religious cultists. Only have to see how cultists continue to defend their God King even when they are surprised they have been negatively impacted driven by hatred of the others more than their own suffering.

      It would be nice if it was a simple rich vs poor, but it is far from that with huge ideological differences that actually go beyond simple financial classes.

  • southsamurai
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    1113 hours ago

    While true, let’s not ignore the fact that some citizens are definitely rabid about their party affiliation, and others are so fixated on other things like white nationalism that they’re as much the enemy as capitalism.

    • LenaOP
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      212 hours ago

      Supporters of capitalism are just as bad, no matter their financial position

      • southsamurai
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        Cool. That’s not what I was talking about. I was talking about the fact that there’s more the the story when it comes down to who is going to be a useful and acceptable ally against capitalism. You don’t work with the klan, no matter what their political belief is. And there are socialist bigots, as well as anarchist bigots. They’re no more an ally than a capitalist bigot is.

  • @[email protected]
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    -110 hours ago

    And which part of the state is the one that wants to use violence against you? The conservative part or the not conservative part?

    Bad take, bad meme, seems like Russian troll