• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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    3 years ago

    Yeah, when Trump was in charge millions of Americans suddenly started paying attention to the actual policy of the administration, then when Biden got elected they promptly went back to sleep. The border camps being an excellent example of this.

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      3 years ago

      Westerners keep thinking that one of their advantages over somewhere like China is that apparently they’re free to criticize the government’s tyranny as much ad they want and however they want in the media.

      Yeah, between their “criticisms” mostly being memes and shitposts, the government just ignoring them, and them only doing it when it’s convenient for them, it’s working real great as a tool for improving their countries isn’t it?

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        3 years ago

        I think this is the real genius of the western system. People easily conflate their freedom to scream into the void with having actual power. There’s a pretty big difference between being able to criticize the system and being an actual stakeholder.