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How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right (www.theatlantic.com)
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Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

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[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If it's your right and your choice to become a biological weapon and spread a lethal virus amongst the public, then it's my right to put a bullet in you to save everyone around you.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

This is not a path you really want to go down

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org -4 points 1 day ago

If I was still in the state of mind that I was in during that time, you would have been doing us both a favor. I'm only recovering now, and engaging over it is pushing me backwards.