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stacksatsio | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah that’s everyone before they have to work their way in the world.

Then you grow up when reality hits.

Except for progressives apparently - permanent adolescence
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Low Information Voter | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Yup.

To be fair, I know a lot of Conservatives in permanent adolescence too.

Establishment Progressives: Daddy Government will fix everything, he just needs more taxes and less accountability. Utopia for all is just around the corner!

Establishment Conservatives: Daddy Government will fix everything, he just needs more monopolies and less accountability. Utopia for me is just around the corner!


And then they are sad, and blame us.
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stacksatsio | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Progressives don’t know what they’re progressing toward, and conservatives don’t know what they’re meant to be conserving.

Both retarded ideologies and yet they’re the dominant wings of every western two party system. I wonder why..
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Low Information Voter | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 100%.

I think they are dominant because other voices are silenced. Because almost any other way of thinking has less opportunities for power without accountability.
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vectr | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 People leading a “live and let live” life don’t get actively involved until these controlling types have gone too far.
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Lux | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 A facade created by the administrative class of bureaucrats to give plebs an illusion of choice.