I included the response I would have sent, were the thread not locked. This is how coward libs argue. They’re calling the well-known study by Purdue demonstrating that the US is a oligarchy a “far left news source”, for context.

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    I’m trying to use brain worms to convey the notion that someone’s mind is rotten from propaganda, as a way to substitute this language, but I don’t always get it right, as yet.

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      It helps me to remember that the main difference between edgelord discourse and better discourse is that pointing out choices of bad takes and bad ideology is a lot more structurally damning than “heh, you were born under less than ideal conditions.” smuglord