• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The virus being a range of sociopathic beliefs and behaviour justified as “conservatism”.

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      I blame “Infinite growth”. i.e. Capitalism

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          THANK YOU! I keep fucking saying it’s the damn lead. (And other shit, like microplastics in the water, etc) it makes people unable to think rationally.

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            Yeah, I agree. PFAS, lead, carbon monoxide, microplastics, all the pollutants. It would be naive to think these things don’t impact the mental capacity of the globe as a whole.

      • Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
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        I think it is more about too much centralizati and the power that results that leads to corruption no matter the intentions or political system.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      It has a vector of a bulbous demographic growth that is the baby Boomer generation. Luckily they are deflating slowly, but every young person must do their utmost to vote.