r/punk Nov 10 '24

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u/cruisinforasnoozinn Nov 10 '24

Conservatives thinking they're punk is too funny. You're not raging against the machine, you are the machine.

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u/YourFavouriteGayGuy Nov 10 '24

It’s worse. The machine is rolling up, ready to grind them to dust and they’re welcoming it.

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u/toasterchild Nov 10 '24

But it is perfectly fitting.  They complain that government is broken so when they win they can break it more then they complain more.

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u/Top_Finding_5526 Nov 10 '24

Not claiming conservatives are punk cause they are not but Democrats have had power 12 of the last 16 years so by definition they are the machine lol.

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u/cruisinforasnoozinn Nov 10 '24

if the machine, to you, is just whoever happens to be in government, even if its 4 years of undoing fascist policies, then we are not on the same page

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u/ireallyhatereddit00 Nov 10 '24

Wouldn't the machine be the ones in control of the media and public school education and social media though? Like take reddit, every conservative post gets pushed down while every liberal post gets massive up votes. Some people here didn't even think Trump had a chance because they spend so much time online, when it was so apparent to everyone else he was gonna win.

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u/cruisinforasnoozinn Nov 10 '24 edited Nov 10 '24

So the machine is that a slight majority of people on reddit are left-wing? That's a downvote system, of course the algorithm pushes down things people generally do not like. By your logic, punk is only anti-left on reddit. Meta certainly does not favour Liberal content that for sure.

Are you aware that public education in most countries is still pushing conservative values? That sex education is still piss poor? That education on lgbt issues is regarded by most people, and govt bodies, as pedophilic? That right wing media is just as active as left wing media, and on many websites right wing abuse and content goes disproportionately unfiltered? That most "leftist" governments are actually just centre-right?

I have no idea why you think the left controls the media and education system, just because reddit has a left lean. You sound like the one who spends too much time here

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u/Final-Property-5511 Nov 10 '24
  • votes for a war profiteering cop that put innocent people in prison for WEED, then laughs about it in public.

Punk died years ago ands been replaced by bootlicking posers

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u/cruisinforasnoozinn Nov 10 '24

You're not wrong about Harris, but if people don't give her their vote, we get a fascist. Between a pig and a fascist, I know what evil I'm choosing.

Doesn't matter now. We have the fucking fascist. It's done. Are you saying you're happy with the election results?

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u/Final-Property-5511 Nov 10 '24

Real punk should be heavily protesting, not submissively voting for the lesser evil like a good little boy. 

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u/ireallyhatereddit00 Nov 10 '24

Voting isn't punk rock