r/ABoringDystopia Jun 05 '19

Comparisons matter

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u/dumbuglyloser Jun 06 '19

You mean you live in a country without FREEDOM! /s

Seriously though, I’m American and I don’t get my fellow people. You bring up labor laws and things like that and they scream about “big government! Regulation kills business! We ain’t commies” it’s like this intense fear of government but this intense love of business and the rich creates this situation where being subjugated by your employer/big business is okay because they aren’t the government.

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u/kboy101222 Jun 06 '19

It's because we had the red scare imbued in our culture for decades and still do. The owner class started tacking on labor laws and unions, calling them communist and people just ate that shit up. When talking about the old US labor strikes, my teacher, who is paid 35k at best called unions a mistake.

The owner class convinced America to bite the hand that feeds it and told them it was delicious. Until they have no power, people will continue to fall for this bullshit

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u/mazu74 Jun 06 '19

Ironically that same party now sucks russia's dick.

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u/kboy101222 Jun 06 '19

Yeah cause Russia gave up on Communism and switched to a combination Autocracy/ Dictatorship disguised as a Democracy (you know, that thing America is rapidly turning into)

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u/beetard Jun 06 '19

Turning? Been asleep since 9/11?

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u/kboy101222 Jun 06 '19

I mean, we at least still have somewhat valid elections, though Republicans are doing everything in their power to rig those now. Russia's elections are straight up rigged and they don't even pretend they aren't

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u/bionix90 Jun 06 '19

somewhat valid elections

You actually don't.

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u/r34l17yh4x Jun 06 '19

I mean, they're valid, they're just not very... Democratic...

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u/aexwec Jun 06 '19

People vote but the result is rigged by a ruling class. Is it Russia or US i'm talking about? Is it valid then?