• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Remind me, how many capitalist countries have killed millions of their own citizens?

    Germany, pre-communist China, Japan, Armenia, pre-USSR Russia, Pakistan…

    Edit: if apparently this isn’t the point, why so passionately call out the communist killcount?

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        1 year ago

        You are 100% correct in your assertion, my anti Mario sex toy friend, and I love your passion. I worry that the minute you call someone’s intelligence into question, they’ll take a defensive posture and stop thinking critically. Critical thinking is what we need more than anything else in this world right now. That’s what’s in short supply. It’s why the news is constantly being flooded with new things, and why there are so few media outlets that don’t have a slant. If I can get you outraged at team blue, or team red, or team US, or team THEM, your anger overrides your reason and you stop thinking about who benefits from the distraction provided by us arguing over whatever this new bullshit thing is we’re arguing over. Hopefully that last statement makes sense.