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    11 months ago

    The key to getting on with life is to have complete and utter disregard for the well-being of your children, family, friends, fellow countrymen and yourself.

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        “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”. - Benjamin Franklin.

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            :Looks at Trump MAGA slow motion facist take over of the government:

            Are we really over that liberty thing?

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              Is liberty referring to freedom? Liberation from what? What is freedom? The jan 6 people were mostly getting social media washed into their behaviour. Admittedly someone has to be open to it before they can be primed but each step is necessary to achieve this kind of mania. My point is how much are we truely freely thinking when we’re constantly having our attention pulled to events that have carefully curated narratives already prepared for our consumption.

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                Well you have the freedom to buy into whichever flavor of propaganda you prefer. I don’t think there are too many alternatives flavors of propaganda offered to Chinese or Russian citizens…

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      No, not really. Those things are unrelated. I care for the other people and am not the one doing these shootings. The claim otherwise is ridiculous

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        That lion is attacking those people but it’s not me doing it therefore by doing nothing to help or prevent it I’m showing them that I care about them.

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          What else can I do to stop it? The mental health crisis is caused by actions of bosses and politicians. I am neither and can’t stop child abuse or bad working conditions that may trigger these. I am not a shooter’s parent and tell them not to purchase a firearm

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            I don’t know and I probably shouldn’t be critical considering this. From what I can gather from your comment is that you do care. You can at least identify and admit there’s a problem so you’re miles ahead of a lot of people. Take steps for better work conditions and treatment when you can, not just for yourself but for your colleagues, help each other out, be kind, vote for good selfless people who care about those things you mentioned.