• zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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      19 hours ago

      Remember not so long ago when people noticed that Rise Against makes political songs? A lot of people are blind to stuff like this until you point it out.

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      Bold of you to assume they know it’s space communism. If the boys is of any indication Star Trek needs to explicitly say “we’re space communism” for there to be a 50/50 chance of Republicans getting it.

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      Conservatives like Star Trek because it promotes the values of meritocracy, hierarchy, authority, and military discipline. None of these are commonly held by people in the American left (especially not the academic left, which tend to be pretty anti-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian).

      The people usually referred to as Republicans these days are right-wing populists. They have very little in common with the types of conservatives who loved the franchise in the 20th century. Those older conservatives are almost extinct in the Republican Party today.

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        12 hours ago

        it promotes the values of meritocracy,

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        None of these are commonly held by people in the American left

        Troll or idiot?! Taking all bets! I also offer videoooo poookkeeer!

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          7 hours ago

          The right loves meritocracy. To them it means everyone got what they deserve, from the homeless to the billionaires.

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            5 hours ago

            Oh, is that why they kept ethnic minorities out of positions of power and established structures of “not what you know, but who you know” and established “legacy admissions” for the children of huge donors?

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              No, that’s because they’re racist. They can have different motivations to do what they do.