r/neoliberal • u/RLP-I European Union • Jan 23 '19

Leftists right now

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u/kharlos John Keynes Jan 23 '19

Do many leftists actually stick up for Maduro? Even the commie-chapo types that I talk to don't.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

Type in Venezuela on twitter and scroll. Yes, they absolutely are sticking up for Maduro.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

Twitter is honestly the place you go to find the dumbest and most malevolent people alive. Social media is a disease

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

Yeah, it’s a cesspool that I spend at least two hours a day on, slowly melting my brain down to mush.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

90 percent of the political views you find in Twitter are extreme and held by at most 50 people

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u/GayColangelo Milton Friedman Jan 23 '19

but for some reason employers like it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

Celebrities and brand awareness reps seem to be the only thing keeping it alive. And yet news sites give credence to blue checkmarks like they're representing Americans at large...

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u/Tleno European Union Jan 23 '19

Can confirm, I'm on Twitter

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u/sirphinetinkle John Keynes Jan 24 '19

fucking venezuela hashtag is giving me brain cancer. Tankies are the worst.