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Appreciate this perspective. It makes sense when you consider the incentives in play as well as social pressure.
The politics have taken over both sides of this topic. It is clear to me that most politicians are completely using this topic for their own hold on power.
I would say the truth is more welcome on the right, but they definitely prefer to advance a political narrative over reality as well.
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There really isn't any difference. The difference that matters is between authoritarianism and freedom. You'll find authoritarians on the extremes of both the left and the right and each and every one want to take away your freedoms to gain more power
Anyone who identifies as left, right, anti-left or anti-right has been brainwashed
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646 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 5 Feb
Put more simply. I like to think about left and right at least in modern politics as being two sides of the same coin. Both movements are controlled by the same globalist / corporate interests. The left vs right fight is much like pro wrestling. They really are fighting about issues that don't matter to the power elite. They both favor war. They both favor power over the plebs. They argue and debate for show and to raise money and gain attention.
In my view the only way to win is to refuse to play their games.
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Agreed. And #Bitcoin is an important tool that empowers people to opt out.
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Wrestling is a very good analogy for politics. It's mostly staged, with some improve, and the participants know their roles: the right are the heels and the left are the faces.
The other good analogy is the Harlem Globetrotters (D's) and Washington Generals (R's).
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646 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 5 Feb
You are correct about authoritarianism but there are differences in the way people on the left and right think. I have read and seen that people with different emotional temperaments are more attracted to the left or right. There are also people like myself and probably you that are more open to free thought. More curious and we tend to reject the frame.
I think saying "anyone" is to broad. I used to identify with right wing but it was just the environment. The more I questioned and dug the more wrong I found in the right side of politics. The masses could be accused of being brainwashed. I forget the philosopher who said this but it was something like the masses are like ballast. They just flow. The have not foundation. Some of the left/right thing is cognitive bias as well. Some when confronted with hard truths stick their heads in the sand. I've witnessed this many times. Others do deep soul searching and come out of that changed.
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Spot on. I will say that until very recently, I agreed with the sentiment that there's basically no difference between the parties or their members; that it's all just tribalism.
In light of the radical swing to the left that is well documented throughout the west, I think it's almost willfully ignorant to stick with the "no differences between them" position. Our ideas (the entire range of them) are far more tolerated on the right and I'm someone who came from the left.
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What if you're anti-anti-right? Sometimes I feel like that, because the charges levied towards the right are so stupid most of the time, and I am not at all someone who comes from the right.
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@Lost_dogz you are clearly left wing! You have chosen a side.
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Yep.
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