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...whether it was by a cult, by propaganda, by an algorithm, etc...

And did the person ever recover from it?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] snek@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

The initial post says Democrats are the third that watch while one third kills the other third. The Conservatives are the third that does the killing.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

im telling you seriously its not the same statement. whil it demonstrates that the entire country is at fault, but with a nod to those who are pulling the majority of the triggers in the human killing devices.

[–] snek@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it was clear what I meant: what is the point of repeating the exact same phrase. Your explanation was quite halfassed. Anyway I was asking so to understand American politics better as a non-American. You have not brought me any closer.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How did the original comment enlighten you?

[–] snek@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Who said it did?