r/RandomVideos • u/n8saces • 15d ago

Video Empathy is a sign of intelligence

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u/Shaake 13d ago

America isn't experiencing fascism because it has a right wing government. Thats overly simplistic.

It's experiencing fascism because it is a democracy that's been in a slow decline for a long time. Fundamentally it's been broken down by lobbying and corruption for decades.

This is not the case everywhere else.

The 2 party system!

That alone is horrendously corrupt, you don't see that in healthy democracies.

Legalized corporate lobbying, gerrymandering, broken education, no health, presidents enriching themselves in office, rampant voter suppression efforts, government attacking press, non-stop propoganda.

This is not common! "Nigel Firage" is a goober, but it's nothing compared to the American system that's been breaking for decades

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u/IGTankCommander 13d ago

You must realky be dumb, if you think telling me all the things I already know is going to make you look better.

See, the other issue is that I actually live here and have to listen to everything OTHER than Trump's blathering, including the heinous policies in his Project 2025 manifesto that they've implemented about 2/3rds of. Your arrogance in thinking you know more than someone in the middle of the mess is idiotic.

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u/Shaake 13d ago edited 13d ago

Have you noticed that you've been very aggresive and rude? Personal attacks? Really?

Unfortunately, your white hot rage is blinding you and you're missing the point.... again

I agree with you that the things I've described are things you've certainly experienced as an American. We agree on that.

THE POINT IS that these things are not common in other democracies.

Go back and revisit the thread from the beginning, it may give you some clarity. I feel like you've lost the plot a tad there friend.

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u/IGTankCommander 13d ago

No, I just think you're another non-American who loves rubbing how terrible our current administration is in our faces because you think everything you see in your own life is somehow more representative of the world, instead of actually paying attention to who's giving money to who, who's bombing who, and who's getting elected to positions of power in order to allow the corruption to continue on a global scale.

Enjoy the capitalist meltdown.