Red Scare is the most successful Propaganda to ever happen

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper normally i would agree with this; politics only divide and cause arguments today since no one knows how to have a conversation anymore, but in recent times, your political stance genuinely means you either support genocide, are against it, or you ignore it because you're privileged enough to do so. Most leftist propaganda is.. hell, i don't even know any modern leftist propaganda that is harmful to our communities, while the right-wing shit is all just hateful crap like deportation, wars, anti-lgbtq ideology, fascist bs, and stuff purposely made to exploit the working classes while the rich get richer. In America, guns are more accessible than healthcare. If you think that that isn't a worthy enough cause to be angry about, i dunno what is.

I also understand that the hatefulness of both parties can be annoying, but you can't expect any progress to ensue without any strong pushback or violence.

Also, your first mistake is trying to find anything constructive or competent on tiktok, i assure you, majority of politics on there are from morons /hj Although, i am interested to hear about the propaganda and selfishness from the left, because liberals and democrats are barely leftist parties themselves, so remember to keep that in mind

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 I really don't want this to turn into a drawn out thread.

I don't support Israel or Hamas if that is what you are referring to. Neither country or group has anything to do with America and shouldn't imo. I am not for genocide. If you want meto elaborate on that in DMs, I can.

When I refer to leftist propaganda specifically, I'm referring to things that are spread about politicians that that have no evidence to support them. Just hearsay.

I don't have tiktok. I'm referring to the majority of the popluation that gets their news from out of context clips on social media platforms and doesn't actually look into anything.

I don't see the point in participating in politics myself because my hair literally falls out and I experience weight loss from the stress it gives me.

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper oh, im not saying that YOU personally support that at all i'm just saying for right-wing idiots or maga mfs in general.

The whole world is interconnected, our societies and politics impact each other. Countries aren't as divided as you think, it's why the UN exists. Which, America has currently pulled itself out from, breaking several peace treaties and whatever. Also, currently America is directly in communication with israel, trump is buddy buddy with that nation. He quite literally gave them access to all our military and weapons. So no, it isn't hearsay (just using that as an example).

I also experience extreme stress, hatred, and whatever you can think of from learning and thinking about all this, but i'd rather be educated than another one of the sheeple blindly following what nonsense their leaders spout. I wanna at least use my privilege of education so when I'm of legal age and have free-will to actually contribute back to this world, I know in which direction to head towards and which causes I can most impact positively or whatever.

I donneven know anymore, this world is genuinely so shitty and things aren't going to get better unless we revolt, but even then, there's never going to be worldwide peace because human-nature will always exist; there will always be conflict and its also idiotic to think that it will all vanish one day. Yet, it still isn't worthless to try and at least make living on Earth more bearable for all of us.

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 I am not aware of Trump providing them full access to our military. I'll look into that. I do know that Trump is pro israel ofc.

My only opinion on that is that I don't think that land belongs to Israel, but I also don't support terrorists groups. The actual citizens of Palestine have nothing to do with Hamas personally, but do voice support of them. Whether that's for good reason or not is up to them.

I get that foreign ties are important, I just think that foreigns wars shouldn't be. Let that be up to them. Foreign wars shouldn't be funded by the American tax-payer

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 Also, thank you so much genuinely for being nice. I was worried when I posted that that some would immediately go to attacking me. Mainly because I've heard left-wing people say that people who hold my position are just maga and are bs-ing (which I am def not)

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper I personally don't believe that either. Especially if the wars we're participating in aren't even beneficial to anyone. Any group that stems from hateful ideology i dont fw, but the fact that our tax-money, like you said, is going to these futile wars is just soo eiruuiefhhifrefhrfdsuher3uiefjkfdvs

like, instead of actually using this money to benefit your own citizens, you're just using it for bloodshed frgugfrvjknhfgjkngfjgfrjugju likekeri ooi i dont even have words, its just so annoying and eihfrierfq;rejnfdfj

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 For real. Like, why don't you spend that money on our citizens who are going through hard ship here first? Then we can worry about other places.

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper yeah, no, youre all good lmfao. I personally believe that when it comes to like, actual discussions where someone is interested or at least is willing to have a chat abt it, the least you can do is to not be a dick and try to educate them. Just being an asshole for the sake of being morally superior rarely ever helps the causes themselves

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper Yeah, cuz like, i understand that you wanna take care of foreign affairs while also taking care of your nation, but you're not even doing either your own country is suffering while you're just aiding another country causing harm themselves

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 You've inspired me to push through my stress a bit. I know nothing will change for the better if I don't do something. I've just gotten so burned out with right wing propaganda and christian programming designed to tell me I'm evil for being born how I am being shoved down my throat every single day from my parents. I just want a break.

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper woaw i actually positively impacted someone shits n giggles aside, you're actually not that far off from the rightwing and religious crap. Okay, just wanna preface this first:

everyone is entitled to their own system of set beliefs, but it matters on you and those beliefs influence in the real world. It isn't necessarily about the intention, but on the effects brought on afterwards.

I'll keep this short and simple, but religion as a whole has been used throughout history to persuade the public; causing both fear mongering and reinforcing fascist ideology to the public by acting as a moral code that allows the public to follow a set of ideals pushed or even created by the individuals in power. Whether it's the dictation of female autonomy and their bodies, to your sexual or gender identity, the social perception of all these traits are affected due to religion. Look at what's going on in Afghanistan, women are treated and seen as having less worth than an object. You aren't particularly wrong for thinking these systems are against you, because i guarantee at one point in time, they definitely were.

However, the government used these tactics in the past, during the times of the red scare, reinforcing capitalistic ideology. Nowadays, religious beliefs don't dictate the public as much as before; they generally have less weight today in the regard of coaxing or impact because eventually, people have given up and have lost hope. And I don't blame them. Religion is also still modernly used as a coping mechanism during times of grief, such as the Great Depression (which we're arguable experiencing another one today, but I digress) and WWII struggles. It's a free source of hope and a sense of meaning during times of hardship. Although, I definitely won't deny that these times lead people to secularism because said hardships also caused despair.

Me personally, I'm against religion as a whole, it has zero backing behind any of it, yet, that doesn't mean that I'm going to yell at everyone who says Jesus is their lord and savior or anyone's way of life if it isn't harming anyone, and like i said previously, it's a way to cope for some people and who the hell am i to judge. Sorry for taking long to respond as well, i got distracted midtype . I apologize for the emphasis on religion in this post, i just have nowhere else to express these opinions without making them into a different topic

[w1ckedsticky1983]

everthing in the world rn is js so eeeuhhhefhfefiuuughhhghghguuughghhfeaae

[Luana.vasper]

@w1ckedsticky1983 I completely agree. I'm sick of negative christianity. I literally have legit trauma from it. Also, it's totally fine. I appreciate your input. Thank you for your time. I believe you're a good person

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@Luana.vasper tanks brah ppreciate it. I think i'm also inclined to feel indifferent towards religion myself since I have my own trauma caused by it. It's just ignorant to me that some people ignore the harm it has done. No matter how perfect and holy someone believes their god is, there is someone who's life has been taken because of it in the name of said god or because of it (specifically talking abt Christianity rn, but it can generally be applied anywhere).

[Yanderemenhera]

@brirightback a therapist I know makes 170 to 200$ per 30-60 minute session, the argument that her work is hard is kinda downplayed by the fact that if she's ever uncomfotable even a bit she'll put you in crisis (you stay in the bulding and promise you're not a danger to yourself or anyone else and are given a crisis packet which is just numbers to call, most people just lie at that point about how they feel)

I have ZERO respect for the idea that she deserves to make 200$ an hour sitting on her αss ruining kid's lives and funnuling everything they say back to the parents on the idea that it's for safety reasons when it's something like telling a kid's parents they are gay (the parent's are homophobic and that info being shared with parents harms the kid) and then not seeing them whenever something serious comes up and just puts kid's in crisis or sends them to psych hospitals.

(in my region psych hospitals are nothing more than small rooms with next to nothing in them where the most horrific abuses of children you can imagine transpire.)

where as, a nurse making next to nothing being more of a therapist to people than the actual therapist's and doing some of the grossest things ever working 12+ hour shifts is making hardly anything and can barely pay rent.
i've spent time in a ICU, those nurses are working so hard and doing more than actual therapists do and them getting payed so little pisses me tf off. the nurses deserve that money, not the shrinks.

one thing I hate about capitalisum is that prices and pay for work is made-up bullshit and doesn't ever reflect the person's job, it seems like the people doing the least end up being payed the most.

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