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This is a failure to recognize an enemy. They are not "just making mistakes." These people are ruining lives, advocating for torture, removing civil rights, being racists and removing employment protections from women and minorities, and they just started a war with a nuclear power for no reason, in a way I'm pretty sure is illegal. Do they just need to go stab your mother to death? Wtf will it take you people to wake the fuck up?
Cool bud, keep being a puppet and punching horizontally at your fellow working class instead of realizing that they are simply scared, powerless idiots who have been duped by our common enemy.
The absolute irony you want to say I'm the one who has failed to recognize the enemy.
You know who is really ruining lives and removing employment protections? The holders of capital who actually dictate those rules of our society and control the the fundamental aspects that make our life possible. Not some dip shit country bumpkins who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground and are simply just trying to meet their material needs the same as every other working class individual. The only difference between them and you is they have fallen victim to the lies. We are all capable of being victims of propaganda. You could have just as easily ended up as them if you had made the mistake of believing the wrong information, being funneled down that pipeline. So don't act high and mighty just because you became radicalized first.
You're the one who needs to wake the fuck up and start looking at the root causes of why American culture is the way it is instead of simply reacting to those who have fallen victim to the manipulation. Don't be simple and lump together the working class victims of the oligarchy and the oligarchy themselves.
They had plenty of time to discover the reasons for opposing views and alternate media sources to see things from the other side. However, you're partially right, at least, that I should have more empathy. I will try to remember it and make an attempt moving forward. At this point, their decisions have made my everyday life a nightmare, so it will be tough, but I guess I should still try.