JoshuaIan

JoshuaIan t1_iui3it0 wrote

There's an entire media cult that has used psychology and propaganda to build this over the past 40 years. This wasn't an accident - this was purposeful manipulation of human nature.

Which is, in and of itself, I guess, human nature. It just sucks that we evidently used to be smart enough to know and demand better as a society, and as a result, we did greater things as a society. I wonder what we could have been capable of without the rise of this media cult taking over our culture.

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JoshuaIan t1_itunytw wrote

Fetterman is going to be better in a few months, back to the man I've met and found to be witty, charming, down to earth, and actually gave a shit about little guy me. Oh, and he has a lovely family.

The loss of the right of bodily autonomy for 3/4 of my family and about half of the total population, and the loss of the right to participate in non sham elections, would be very, very permanent.

It already was an easy choice - this stroke is meaningless and changes nothing.

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JoshuaIan t1_islq449 wrote

Tell somebody that has seen doctors do some of the dumbest shit imaginable that doctors are automatically smart just because they're a doctor, and then tell them they have no nuance

Surprisingly enough for somebody that thinks Oz is smart - without any sort of irony or self reflection!

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JoshuaIan t1_islft2j wrote

He's one of the most famous and well known snake oil salesmen in the country. You're just telling on yourself that you fell for it by even advocating giving such a massive clown the benefit of doubt.

For example, people thought Donald Trump was smart too, because he conned them. Do you think Donald Trump is smart as well? The guy that stared into an eclipse? No, he's just really good at scamming dumb people. And a surgeon? Big fucking deal, Ben Carson was a surgeon and he's one of the dumbest assholes in public life. And meanwhile, as an engineer who spent about a decade supporting doctors, let me tell you, if you think somebody is smart just because they're a doctor??? Lmao. Bless your heart.

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