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[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

What "good old days" exactly are you describing? I expect it wasn't as good as they think, and was especially bad for many who weren't white, hetero, and male.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You know, the good old days when you could own people and cutting edge medicine involved literally blowing smoke up someone's ass.

[-] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Well yes, the people I’m describing were white cis christian males. Of course it wasn’t as good as they remember, but the human brain tends to exagerate memories over time. A lot of conservatives are getting old and most of their life is behind them. Can you blame them for looking back rather than looking forward? Most people don’t care about politics and will vote for the side they slightly lean towards without a second thought.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I can blame them, yes. Because they want their comfort and well being at the expense of, and without regard for others. If they get their way they’ll drive our country back to a dark age for a short bit of expected (and likely not received) comfort, then die, leaving all of us still around to suffer the consequences.

I won’t hate them because the reality is they are just fools being taken advantage of by those in power. But that doesn’t remove their culpability. The old are meant to plant trees, not burn them down.

[-] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

See this is what I’m talking about. They aren’t fools for having a different opinion. MAGA followers that do it because of trickle down economics might be fools, but most conservatives in most non-US countries aren’t this extreme.

They just happen to have different priorities. Believe that a strong army is more important than education. Place themselves and their families and friends before others.

I swear the amount of people that think their side is 100% right and the other is just idiots is too damm high.

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