SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 25 days agoYou can never go back homelemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down114
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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·24 days agoBut … I do want a better world, though?
minus-squareCerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·24 days agoMaybe you do. So do I. OOP used “you” for “I”, assuming we’re all like them. They are the ones who don’t want a better world, they want the lie.
minus-squareSaltyAmerican@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoLiberals are the ones that want the lie, they want comforting lies that don’t threaten the privileges the status quo affords them.
minus-squareDaniel Quinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoThat’s funny, I read this as if it were part of a conversation where the other person was making excuses for the do-nothing political party of their region.
But … I do want a better world, though?
Maybe you do. So do I. OOP used “you” for “I”, assuming we’re all like them. They are the ones who don’t want a better world, they want the lie.
Liberals are the ones that want the lie, they want comforting lies that don’t threaten the privileges the status quo affords them.
That’s funny, I read this as if it were part of a conversation where the other person was making excuses for the do-nothing political party of their region.